 filed by the petitioner praying for a direction to the respondent-Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd. (PSPCL) to release electricity cess @ 2% collected by them on behalf of Municipal Corporations.){kind=link}
The Punjab and Haryana High Court disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by the petitioner praying for a direction to the respondent-Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd. (PSPCL) to release electricity cess @ 2% collected by them on behalf of Municipal Corporations.
The Division Bench of Chief Justice Ravi Shanker Jha and Justice Arun Palli noted that the petitioner, who is a Deputy Mayor of Municipal Corporation, SAS Nagar, Mohali, has wrongly approached the High Court in view of the fact that the dispute is between the two bodies of the State Government i.e. Municipal Corporation, Mohali and the respondent No.5-PSPCL, in which the petitioner has no role to play.
Further the Bench noted that the Municipal Commissioner, SAS Nagar, Mohali has approached the Principal Secretary, Department of Local Government, Punjab in this regard and it is informed by the Deputy Advocate General appearing on behalf of the respondent-State of Punjab that the matter is pending before the competent authority and the communication of the Municipal Corporation, SAS Nagar, Mohali addressed to the Principal Secretary, Department of Local Government, Punjab shall be considered and a decision thereon would be taken expeditiously in accordance with law.
In view of the above facts and circumstances, while the High Court do not propose to entertain the petition as it is a dispute between two bodies of the State Government, in which the petitioner has no role to play and taking the statement of Deputy Advocate General, Punjab on record, the present Public Interest Litigation stands disposed of.