{"id":41633,"date":"2016-02-24T19:20:40","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T13:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=41633"},"modified":"2016-02-25T04:15:58","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T22:45:58","slug":"delhi-hc-allows-delhi-govt-to-appoint-derc-chairperson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-hc-allows-delhi-govt-to-appoint-derc-chairperson","title":{"rendered":"Delhi HC allows Delhi govt to appoint DERC chairperson"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_40340\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40340\" style=\"width: 296px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/delhi-high-court.png?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40340\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"40340\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/selection-of-successful-djs-candidates-would-remain-intact-sc\/delhi-high-court-78\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/delhi-high-court.png?fit=296%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"296,170\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"delhi high court\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/delhi-high-court.png?fit=296%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/delhi-high-court.png?fit=296%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-40340 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/delhi-high-court.png?resize=296%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Delhi HC allows Delhi govt to appoint DERC chairperson\" width=\"296\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Delhi HC allows Delhi govt to appoint DERC chairperson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Delhi High Court today allowed the Delhi government to go forward with the appointment of Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) chairperson.<\/p>\n<p>A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath, however, clarified that it would be subject to final orders of this court on the PIL which had challenged the appointment process by the government.<\/p>\n<p>The high court passed the order after the counsel for the Delhi government told the bench that it has shortlisted names of candidates which are kept in a sealed cover and sought its nod for the appointment process.<\/p>\n<p>The matter will now be taken up for hearing on March 11.<\/p>\n<p>The direction came while hearing a PIL by Delhi resident Raman Suri challenging the Delhi government&#8217; December 2015 notification seeking applications for the post of DERC chairperson and one member.<\/p>\n<p>The Delhi government had told the court that notification had been issued under the existing provisions, which allow for the appointment of a sitting or former judge as the chairperson if so decided by the government.<\/p>\n<p>Suri, in his PIL through advocate Sujatha Balachander, had contended that the chairperson of the commission should be a former high court judge, since the adjudication of disputes between generating companies or transmission licensees is a &#8220;judicial function&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It had challenged section 84 of the Electricity Act 2003, arguing that the provision that a judge &#8220;may&#8221; be appointed should be read as mandatory.<\/p>\n<p>The PIL had sought an interim stay on the process of appointment, claiming that &#8220;valuable rights of the public&#8221; would be affected if the appointment was allowed to go on.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High Court today allowed the Delhi government to go forward with the appointment of Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) chairperson. 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