GAUHATI HIGH COURT ISSUES ORDER ON PANIGHAT POWER AGENCY V/S THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 4 ORS

GUWAHATI, India, Sept. 7 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on Aug. 6:

1. Heard Mr. M. A. Choudhury, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Mr. R. Bora, the learned Standing counsel appearing on behalf of the APDCL.

2. The petitioner herein has assailed the order dated 02.05.2023 whereby the contract entered into between the petitioner as well as the respondent APDCL which was initially for 2 years and subsequently extended from time to time and was terminated w.e.f. 01.06.2023.

3. From the materials on record, it is seen that the petitioner had entered into an agreement for deployment of collection based Distribution Franchise (DTR) in APDCL for the 3 Nos. of DTR/DTR's of Panighat Electricals SubDi...