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CAG has full right to audit discoms: Delhi govt to HC
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SME Times News Bureau | 03 Mar, 2015
The city government told the Delhi High Court on Monday that the
Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has "full right" to carry out
comprehensive audit of private discoms as the issue involves "public
interest".
"There is public interest in settling the issue and
conducting the audit. Discoms are involved in distribution of power
which is a public function and, so they come under the fold of CAG
audit," advocate Rajiv Dhawan, appearing on behalf of the Delhi
government, told the court.
"It would be in larger public
interest to have the accounts of the discoms audited by the CAG as it
may bring out several possibilities for improving efficiency," the
government counsel said.
The government sought unhindered access to accounts of discoms for the CAG to carry out a comprehensive audit.
After
hearing the arguments, the division bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini
and Justice R.S. Endlaw posted the matter for Tuesday for further
hearing.
The court was hearing a bunch of petitions filed by the
discoms including Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd., BSES Rajdhani and
BSES Yamuna, against the previous Aam Aadmi Party government's order
directing the CAG to look into their accounts.
Kejriwal, during
his first stint as Delhi chief minister in 2013, had asked the CAG to
audit the three private firms. He alleged that the discoms were
overcharging the consumers.
The discoms, which supply power to
consumers in the capital, had earlier argued that they are private
companies and hence not in the ambit of a CAG audit. They alleged that
the Delhi government's order was a "political ploy".
The audit
order by the government was passed with "malice in law", without giving
the discoms an opportunity to be heard, they said.
The three
private firms had come into being in 2002 when the then Delhi government
decided to privatise power distribution. Delhi discoms are a 51:49
percent joint venture between the private companies and the Delhi
government.
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