Hyderabad, July 25 -- The Telangana High Court has provided relief to Distribution Companies (DISCOMs) concerning the payment of outstanding additional charges related to fluctuations in electricity supply.

The court has stayed the implementation of a demand notice issued by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) to pay Rs 179 crore. However, the court directed the DISCOMs to pay the current charges levied for supply variations.

The DISCOMs had filed a petition in the High Court challenging the CERC's notice. On Thursday, July 24, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice P Shyam Koshis heard the petition.

Advocate N Sridhar Reddy, representing the petitioner, argued that the regulatory nor...