HC order on CAG audit: AAP asks Delhi govt to move SC

Disagreeing with the verdict of the Delhi High Court disallowing the CAG audit of private power distribution companies (discoms), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today asked the state government to file an appeal in this regard in the Supreme Court.
The party argued that it was necessary to investigate how electricity tariffs were fixed, were the rates at par with neighbouring states, how and at which rate discoms purchased electricity by the earlier Congress regime.
"The findings of the CAG draft report which have been widely reported in the media and contents of which have not been denied by any concerned party, make it crystal clear that the discoms indulged in a mega financial scam.

"Not only have the discoms inflated their regulatory asset claims by thousands of crores, the CAG draft findings have put this exaggerated claim at Rs 8,000 crore," the party said in a statement.
During polls, AAP had promised audit of discoms if it came to power. Following its victory in December 2013, the state government had ordered a CAG audit. The CAG is yet to submit its final report.
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 of their accounts.

The Delhi High Court today quashed the AAP government's decision to get the accounts of three discoms audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG).