Delhi HC Strikes Down AAP Govt’s Order for CAG Audit on Discoms

Delhi HC quashes the AAP government’s decision to get the accounts of three private discoms audited by CAG.

Delhi High Court. (Photo: PTI)

The Delhi High Court on Friday quashed the AAP government’s decision to get the accounts of three private power distribution companies audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG).

“We have allowed the petitions of the discoms,” a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice RS Endlaw said. They clarified that the audit carried out so far as well as the draft report of the CAG would have no bearing anymore.

The discoms – Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd (TPDDL), BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd, and BSES Yamuna Power Ltd – had challenged the AAP government’s January 7, 2014 decision ordering a CAG audit.

The discoms had challenged an order of a single HC judge who had refused to stall the CAG audit. The judge, in his January 24, 2014 order, had also asked the discoms to “fully cooperate with CAG in the audit process”.