The Supreme Court today issued notices to three power discoms in national capital, over petitions filed by various bodies including Delhi government. The notice is in response to the petition challenging the Delhi High Court verdict that disallowed the CAG audit of discoms.
The apex court asked the discoms to state their objections to the audit by the office of Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) within four weeks.
According to the petition, the three Delhi-based discoms enjoyed funding of more than Rs 5,000 crores from the Delhi Government since their inception on July 1, 2002, and therefore, required to be audited. It further noted that there were huge discrepancies in the discoms accounts and the state government’s decision in seeking an audit was justified.
The three discoms-Anil Ambani’s ADAG-owned BRPL and BYPL and the Tata-owned NDPL-are joint ventures between these private companies and the Delhi Government. In each of the discoms, the Delhi Government has a 49 percent stake.