Delhi High Court · 2025

$~2 to 7 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 5953/2025, CM APPL. 27277/2025 (2) INDRAPRASTHA GAS LIMITED .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Prashant Mehta, Mr. Divye Chugh, Mr. Charanpreet Singh, Ms. Niharika Tiwari, Advs. versus PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS REGULATORY BOARD AND ORS. & ANR. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Utkarsh Sharma, Mr. Suyash Gaur, Advs. Mr. Ashish K. Dixit (CGSC0 along with Mr. Shivam Tiwari, Mr. Umar Hasmi, Advs. for UOI Mr. Basava Prashu Patil (Sr. Adv), Mr. Sandeep Sharma (Sr. Adv) along with Mr. Sanjeet Singh, Mr. Amit Choudhary, Ms. Kavya Dauk, Advs. for R2 Mr. Trinath Tadakamalla, Mr. Rajat Pradhan, Ms. Nisha Bhatia, Ms. Priyanka Jaiswal, Advs. + W.P.(C) 5954/2025, CM APPL. 27279/2025 (3) INDRAPRASTHA GAS LIMITED .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Prashant Mehta, Mr. Divye Chugh, Mr. Charanpreet Singh, Ms. Niharika Tiwari, Advs. versus PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS REGULATORY BOARD & ORS. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Utkarsh Sharma, Mr. Suyash Gaur, Advs. Mr. Ashish K. Dixit (CGSC0 along with Mr. Shivam Tiwari, Mr. Umar Hasmi, Advs. for UOI Mr. Basava Prashu Patil (Sr. Adv), This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 29/07/2025 at 12:58:25 Mr. Sandeep Sharma (Sr. Adv) along with Mr. Sanjeet Singh, Mr. Amit Choudhary, Ms. Kavya Dauk, Advs. for R2 Mr. Trinath Tadakamalla, Mr. Rajat Pradhan, Ms. Nisha Bhatia, Ms. Priyanka Jaiswal, Advs. + W.P.(C) 6200/2025, CM APPL. 28312/2025 (4) INDRAPRASTHA GAS LIMITED .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sacchin Puri (Sr. Adv) along with Mr. Prashant Mehta, Mr. Divye Chugh, Mr. Charanpreet Singh, Ms. Niharika Tiwari, Ms. Aahna, Ms. Priya Wadhwa, Advs. versus PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS REGULATORY BOARD & ANR. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Utkarsh Sharma, Mr. Suyash Gaur, Advs. Mr. Ashish K. Dixit (CGSC0 along with Mr. Shivam Tiwari, Mr. Umar Hasmi, Advs. for UOI Mr. Basava Prashu Patil (Sr. Adv), Mr. Sandeep Sharma (Sr. Adv) along with Mr. Sanjeet Singh, Mr. Amit Choudhary, Ms. Kavya Dauk, Advs. for R2 Mr. Trinath Tadakamalla, Mr. Rajat Pradhan, Ms. Nisha Bhatia, Ms. Priyanka Jaiswal, Advs. + W.P.(C) 6203/2025, CM APPL. 28316/2025 (5) INDRAPRASTHA GAS LIMITED .....Petitioner Through: Mr. R. Srinivasan (Sr. Adv) along with Mr. Prashant Mehta, Mr. Divye Chugh, Mr. Charanpreet Singh, Ms. Niharika Tiwari, Ms. Shefali Munde, This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 29/07/2025 at 12:58:25 Mr. Arnjun Bhatia, Advs. versus PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS REGULATORY BOARD .....Respondent Through: Mr. Utkarsh Sharma, Mr. Suyash Gaur, Advs. Mr. Ashish K. Dixit (CGSC0 along with Mr. Shivam Tiwari, Mr. Umar Hasmi, Advs. for UOI Mr. Basava Prashu Patil (Sr. Adv), Mr. Sandeep Sharma (Sr. Adv) along with Mr. Sanjeet Singh, Mr. Amit Choudhary, Ms. Kavya Dauk, Advs. for R2 Mr. Trinath Tadakamalla, Mr. Rajat Pradhan, Ms. Nisha Bhatia, Ms. Priyanka Jaiswal, Advs. + W.P.(C) 6204/2025, CM APPL. 28318/2025 (6) INDRAPRASTHA GAS LIMITED .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sacchin Puri (Sr. Adv) along with Mr. Prashant Mehta, Mr. Divye Chugh, Mr. Charanpreet Singh, Ms. Niharika Tiwari, Ms. Aahna, Ms. Priya Wadhwa, Advs. versus PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS REGULATORY BOARD & ANR. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Utkarsh Sharma, Mr. Suyash Gaur, Advs. Mr. Ashish K. Dixit (CGSC) along with Mr. Shivam Tiwari, Mr. Umar Hasmi, Advs. for UOI Mr. Basava Prashu Patil (Sr. Adv), Mr. Sandeep Sharma (Sr. Adv) along with Mr. Sanjeet Singh, Mr. Amit Choudhary, Ms. Kavya Dauk, Advs. for R2 Mr. Trinath Tadakamalla, Mr. Rajat This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 29/07/2025 at 12:58:25 Pradhan, Ms. Nisha Bhatia, Ms. Priyanka Jaiswal, Advs. + W.P.(C) 6205/2025, CM APPL. 28320/2025 (7) INDRAPRASTHA GAS LIMITED .....Petitioner Through: Mr. R. Srinivasan (Sr. Adv) along with Mr. Prashant Mehta, Mr. Divye Chugh, Mr. Charanpreet Singh, Ms. Niharika Tiwari, Ms. Shefali Munde, Mr. Arnjun Bhatia, Advs. versus PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS REGULATORY BOARD & ANR. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Utkarsh Sharma, Mr. Suyash Gaur, Advs. Mr. Ashish K. Dixit (CGSC0 along with Mr. Shivam Tiwari, Mr. Umar Hasmi, Advs. for UOI Mr. Basava Prashu Patil (Sr. Adv), Mr. Sandeep Sharma (Sr. Adv) along with Mr. Sanjeet Singh, Mr. Amit Choudhary, Ms. Kavya Dauk, Advs. for R2 Mr. Trinath Tadakamalla, Mr. Rajat Pradhan, Ms. Nisha Bhatia, Ms. Priyanka Jaiswal, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA % 23.07.2025 O R D E R 1. During the course of hearing, respective counsel for the parties inform that the vacancy in the post of Member (Technical) in Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) has been filled up. Consequently, there is necessary coram for hearing the pending appeal/s of the petitioner. 2. Vide order dated 22.05.2025 passed by this Court, it was noticed that This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 29/07/2025 at 12:58:25 the vacancy in the post of Member (Legal) was also filled up on 16.05.2025. 3. As such, it is open to the petitioner to pursue its complaint/s before the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) and its appeal/s before the APTEL. 4. In the aforesaid circumstance, no further orders are required to be passed in the present proceedings, except to relegate the petitioner to the concerned forums for pursuing its complaints and/or pending appeals. 5. These petitions are disposed of in the above terms. Pending applications also stand disposed of. 6. Learned counsel for the Haryana City Gast Distribution Limited (HCGDL) submits that it shall continue to remain bound with its statement as recorded in Paragraph 5 of the order dated 09.05.2025 ( also reiterated on 22.05.2025), till the matter is considered by APTEL or PNGRB. 7. At this stage, respective counsel for the parties jointly submit that the appeal before APTEL has been pending for an inordinately long period, and the same is required to be heard and decided expeditiously. The parties would be at liberty to mention the matter before the APTEL and make a request in this regard. SACHIN DATTA, J JULY 23, 2025/uk