HC curbs Centre in power dues case
1 year, 4 months ago

HC curbs Centre in power dues case

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court on Tuesday directed the Union government not to take any coercive steps against the state or its power utility companies over a due of ₹ 6,757 crore reportedly to be paid to Andhra Pradesh. Against the backdrop of statements made by the Union minister for energy and power in Parliament on August 1 — that consultations were made with law and finance departments to direct the RBI to deduct the amount from the accounts of the Telangana government, in a reply to AP Rajya Sabha members Vijaysai Reddy and G.V.L. The division bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice T. Vinod Kumar issued directions to the Union government, stating that it would hear the matter of claims made by AP power utilities and TS power utilities on August 24. The case pertains to the Union government directing Telangana power utilities to pay ₹3,441.78 crore principal and ₹3,315.14 crore interest for late payment to its AP counterpart for power supplied from June 2, 2014, to June 10, 2017, as per the AP Reorganization Act.

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Telangana urges centre to restructure high-interest loans
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Telangana urges centre to restructure high-interest loans

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Saturday urged the Centre to restructure the loans raised by various corporations of the state and Special Purpose Vehicles through Off-Budget Borrowings. Vikramarka called on Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Delhi and broached the subject of the loans raised by the state government via SPVs through OBB to fund crucial irrigation …

Telangana discoms lost ₹6,000cr due to BRS govt’s deal: Officials
6 months ago

Telangana discoms lost ₹6,000cr due to BRS govt’s deal: Officials

Hindustan Times  

The power distribution companies in Telangana suffered huge losses to the extent of ₹6,000 crore due to signing of power purchase agreement by the previous Bharat Rashtra Samithi government in the state with Chhattisgarh government in 2015, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. As per the KCR government’s decision, the two power utilities signed the PPA with the …

IPL 2024: Telangana Government intervenes in HCA power bill dues issue
8 months, 2 weeks ago

IPL 2024: Telangana Government intervenes in HCA power bill dues issue

The Hindu  

Hyderabad Cricket Association avoided embarrassment after a State Government issued a directive to the Electricity Board officials to restore the power supply which was disconnected on the eve of the IPL fixture between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here on Friday. “Yes, it was the State Government which saved the day when they …

Finance department to settle Rs 41 cr power bills of govt offices in Odisha
9 months ago

Finance department to settle Rs 41 cr power bills of govt offices in Odisha

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: Odisha government has finally decided to settle the electricity bills of its departments till January 31 this year. Sources said government offices under four electricity distribution companies have dues of around Rs 41.49 crore. Offices under Tata Power Western Odisha Distribution Limited have the maximum dues of around Rs 17.57 crore. While the government offices owe dues of around …

AP Power Dues: TS HC Quashes Centre's Order
1 year, 2 months ago

AP Power Dues: TS HC Quashes Centre's Order

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Thursday quashed the Centre’s order directing the Telangana state government and power utilities in August 2022 to pay Rs 6,757 crore for electricity charges and other liabilities to the Andhra Pradesh government within 30 days. In an order dated August 29, 2022, the Centre, under Section 92 of the AP Reorganisation Act, directed the …

Telangana HC's Verdicts: Appointments, Desilting, Compensation, and More
1 year, 6 months ago

Telangana HC's Verdicts: Appointments, Desilting, Compensation, and More

Deccan Chronicle  

Reassess Appointment of PSC Members, TS Told Hyderabad: A two-judge bench of the Telangana High Court on Friday remanded a matter pertaining to the appointment of members of TS Public Service Commission. HC allows desilting in River Manair Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice N. Tukaramji of the Telangana High Court on Friday disposed a batch of writ petitions challenging …

Telangana's power utilities drowning in debt, losses: Konda Vishweshwar Reddy
1 year, 6 months ago

Telangana's power utilities drowning in debt, losses: Konda Vishweshwar Reddy

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Telangana’s power sector utilities are groaning under heavy debt and Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao must explain where the money to pay for free power to farmers is coming from, BJP senior leader and former MP Konda Vishweshwar Reddy said on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference, he said the two power distribution companies in Telangana had piled up losses …

HC seeks Centre's file note on TS power payments to AP
1 year, 7 months ago

HC seeks Centre's file note on TS power payments to AP

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Saturday directed the Centre, by June 9, to furnish its file note directing the Telangana power department to pay Rs. The division bench of Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice N. Tukaramji issued the directions over petitions filed by the Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited and Telangana State Northern Power Distribution Company …

TS power dues to AP escalate to Rs 7,102 cr
1 year, 7 months ago

TS power dues to AP escalate to Rs 7,102 cr

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: The Telangana government’s power dues to Andhra Pradesh have gone up to Rs 7,102 crore on March 31. The total amount due from Telangana discoms, includes principal amount of Rs 3,441 crore and interest from June 2, 2014 to June 10, 2017. The Telangana High Court has scheduled April 27 for the final hearing on the petition filed by …

Telangana thriving despite Centre creating hurdles: Finance Minister T Harish Rao
1 year, 10 months ago

Telangana thriving despite Centre creating hurdles: Finance Minister T Harish Rao

New Indian Express  

Harish Rao said that another glaring instance of discrimination to Telangana is the order issued by the Ministry of Power in August, 2022 which directed the Telangana government to pay pending dues of TS DISCOMs amounting to Rs 3,441.78 crore as principal and Rs 3,315.14 crore as late payment surcharge, totalling Rs 6,756.92 crore to AP Genco within 30 days. …

Harish Rao accuses Centre of creating ‘hurdles after hurdles’ in Telangana’s development
1 year, 10 months ago

Harish Rao accuses Centre of creating ‘hurdles after hurdles’ in Telangana’s development

The Hindu  

Finance Minister T. Harish Rao has accused the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP Government at the Centre of creating “hurdles after hurdles” in the development of Telangana which has been achieving significant growth through its own efforts. The Finance Minister, who presented the State Budget for the financial year 2023-24 in the Assembly on Monday, criticised the Central Government for …

AP tells TS to clear power dues of Rs 3,441.78 crore to avoid late payment charges
1 year, 10 months ago

AP tells TS to clear power dues of Rs 3,441.78 crore to avoid late payment charges

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh has petitioned the Telangana government to clear the latter's power dues to AP worth Rs 3,441.78 crore. The AP Genco authorities say there existed no dispute vis-à-vis the principal amount in the dues of Rs 3,441.78 crore the TS Discoms owed it. The AP Genco noted that, as a 15 per cent annual interest rate is being …

BJP’s inaction on bifurcation Act hurt TS growth: Harish
2 years, 3 months ago

BJP’s inaction on bifurcation Act hurt TS growth: Harish

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Finance minister T. Harish Rao said that the discriminative approach and sheer negligence on the part of the BJP government at the Centre in implementing the assurances made in the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014, have adversely impacted the development of Telangana state in the last eight years. Participating in a short discussion on ‘Failure of Central government in implementing …

Energy minister suspects a bigger conspiracy to malign TS
2 years, 3 months ago

Energy minister suspects a bigger conspiracy to malign TS

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Energy minister G. Jagadish Reddy suspects a 'larger conspiracy' behind the Union power ministry directing Telangana discoms to pay dues of Rs.6,756 crore to AP Genco within a month. The BJP-led NDA government at the Centre was “deliberately creating troubles for Telangana government and TS discoms with the malafide intention of weakening both financially and causing hindrance to uninterrupted …

Andhra Pradesh ridicules Telangana claims on power dues
2 years, 3 months ago

Andhra Pradesh ridicules Telangana claims on power dues

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh has called Telangana government’s claim of Rs 12,940 crore power and other dues as hearsay except for around Rs 3,000 crore pertaining to APSPDCL and employee trusts. APGenco officials said that the Centre had set up a sub-committee to fix the power dues of TS to AP before arriving at the figure of Rs 6,756.92 crore. With …

TS to challenge Centre’s order to clear power dues to AP
2 years, 3 months ago

TS to challenge Centre’s order to clear power dues to AP

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The booster dose of sorts that Telangana believes it received from the Union ministry of power in the form of the August 29 order to pay Rs 6,756.92 crore as electricity supply dues to Andhra Pradesh, an inter-state matter into which Telangana says the ministry had no business to wade into, might not fully go Telangana’s way, if Andhra …

TS decided to fight legally to get power dues from AP
2 years, 3 months ago

TS decided to fight legally to get power dues from AP

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: State power distribution companies have decided to file a writ petition against the order of the Union ministry of power to pay Rs 6,757 crore power dues to Andhra Pradesh within a month. Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao conducted a high level meeting with energy minister G. Jagadish Reddy and D. Prabhakar Rao, TS Transco and Genco chairman and …

Centre orders Telangana to pay Rs 6,756 cr in power dues to AP
2 years, 3 months ago

Centre orders Telangana to pay Rs 6,756 cr in power dues to AP

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A fresh row has erupted between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on the issue of power supply bills, following an order to Telangana from the Union Ministry of Power on Monday. The ministry said the orders followed representations from Andhra Pradesh over the dues owed by Telangana for power purchases made between June 2, 2014, and June 10, 2017. This …

Centre directs Telangana to pay power dues to A.P.
2 years, 3 months ago

Centre directs Telangana to pay power dues to A.P.

The Hindu  

In a major relief to Andhra Pradesh, the Government of India has ordered Telangana to pay the power dues to A.P. The Government of India in exercise of powers under section 92 of the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014, ordered that Telangana State should pay Rs.3,441.78 crore, and late payment surcharge of Rs. The government also ordered that the existing Power …

Bandi asks KCR to issue power dues white paper
2 years, 4 months ago

Bandi asks KCR to issue power dues white paper

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: BJP state president Bandi Sanjay alleged that Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao was proposing to collect Rs 4,000 crore from people as electricity charges despite the fact that his mismanagement had put power utilities in financial doldrums. Speaking to reporters, he said that power utilities owed Rs 60,000 crore and if the government fails to clear the dues, Telangana …

Govt. departments not paying power dues of Rs 5,146 crore to APSPDCL
2 years, 4 months ago

Govt. departments not paying power dues of Rs 5,146 crore to APSPDCL

Deccan Chronicle  

TIRUPATI: While consumers are burdened with power bills and penalties on delayed payments, the bills of various government departments and related entities in the erstwhile Chittoor, Kadapa, Kurnool, Anantapur and Nellore districts are pending for long. Their payment dues to the Southern Power Distribution Company have risen to a whopping Rs 5,146 crore as on June 30, 2022. Altogether, they …

Telangana HC clears way for discoms to buy electricity
2 years, 7 months ago

Telangana HC clears way for discoms to buy electricity

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court directed the Centre and electricity bodies not to prevent the Telangana power distribution companies to operate through the power exchange as well as secure power through open access if there is default of payments. The direction was issued by Justice Radha Rani of the Telangana High Court to the Union ministry of power, the Union …

TS rejects Andhra Pradesh’s demand for Singareni Collieries share
2 years, 11 months ago

TS rejects Andhra Pradesh’s demand for Singareni Collieries share

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana government on Wednesday strongly rejected the Andhra Pradesh government's demand seeking share in Singareni Collieries Company Ltd. In the meeting held by the union home ministry with the governments of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday through video conferencing to resolve pending state bifurcation-related issues between both the states, Telangana Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar, made it clear …

Telangana High Court Stays Govt's Order Allocating Nearly ₹60 Crores To Contest Contempt Cases Against Officials
3 years, 4 months ago

Telangana High Court Stays Govt's Order Allocating Nearly ₹60 Crores To Contest Contempt Cases Against Officials

Live Law  

In a significant move, the Telangana High Court, earlier this week, suspended the operation of the State Government order which allocated nearly rupees 60 Crores to fight contempt cases pending in the High Court against bureaucrats.The Bench of Chief Justice Hima Kohli and Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy issued a notice to the State of Telangana directing it to file a …

'People Are Having To Mortgage Gold To Pay Bills': Telangana High Court Pulls Up State For Failing To Cap Private Hospital Prices For Treatment Of Covid-19
3 years, 6 months ago

'People Are Having To Mortgage Gold To Pay Bills': Telangana High Court Pulls Up State For Failing To Cap Private Hospital Prices For Treatment Of Covid-19

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court on Tuesday rapped the State Government for failing to cap the fees being charged by private hospitals for treatment of COVID-19 patients in the State. "People are having to mortgage gold to pay bills," Chief Justice Hima Kohli remarked. On May 18, the High Court had directed the State Government to issue a fresh Government Order, …

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