TANGEDCO files appeal against order of single Judge

Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited today filed an appeal in the Madras Hich Court against an order of a single Judge that the Corporation cannot finalise bids/tenders for the Rs 9,207 crore supercritical thermal power project at Ennore without considering representations of a Chinese firm-led consortium.
A division bench, comprising Justice Satish K Agnihotri and Justice M M Sundresh, directed the HC Registry to post it before some other bench after getting orders from the Chief Justice.
On July 31, Justice M Sathyanarayanan had granted interim orders not to finalise the tenders without considering the representations of Central Southern China Electric Power Design Institute CSEPDI-TRISHE, a Chinese firm-led consortium.

"This court can take judicial notice of the fact that this state is reeling under power shortage and commissioning of power projects stated in the writ petition is vital and very important to the welfare of the state. The court, therefore, expects the authorities to act fairly and reasonably by considering representations of the consortium dated June 16 and 17, July 1 and 8, 2014," Justice M Sathyanarayanan had said granting interim orders in favour of Central Southern China Electric Power Design Institute CSEPDI-TRISHE.
The matter relates to contract for Rs 9,207-crore 2x660 MW Ennore SEZ supercritical thermal power project for which the petitioner-consortium and the BHEL were the bidders.

The consortium filed a petition saying BHEL should have been disqualified from the bidding process as it had delayed power projects worth 27,000 crore involving 7,300MW in Tamil Nadu.
Challenging the order, TANGEDCO contended that the single Judge ought not to have entertained the writ petition of the Chinese-led-firm even before finalization and award of the tender and sought dismissal of the order of the single Judge.