- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:38126-DB WA No. 1569 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 22ND DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2025 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C M JOSHI WRIT APPEAL NO. 1569 OF 2025 (GM-KEB) BETWEEN: 1. M/S SOLARONE ENERGY PRIVATE LIMITED A COMPANY INCORPORATED UNDER THE PROVISION OF COMPANIES ACT, 2013 HAVING ITS REGISTERED OFFICE AT: 1A, VANDANA BUILDING, TOLSTOY MARG NEW DELHI - 110 001 AND AT: PLOT NO. 3, SIRIGIRI NILAYA 7TH WARD, BESIDE DC OFFICE SRI NAGARA COLONY, KOPPAL KARNATAKA - 583 231 REPRESENTED BY ITS AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY - MR MANOJ GUPTA AGED 50 YEARS FATHER NAME: MAHESH CHAND GUPTA …APPELLANT (BY SRI PRABHULING K. NAVADGI, SENIOR ADVOCATE A/W MR. SAMARTH KASHYAP, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. CENTRAL ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION 6TH - 8TH FLOOR, TOWER B WORLD TRADE CENTER NAUROJI NAGAR Digitally signed by SRIDEVI S Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:38126-DB WA No. 1569 of 2025 NEW DELHI - 110 029 REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. 2. CENTRAL TRANSMISSION UTILITY OF INDIA LIMITED HAVING ITS REGISTERED OFFICE AT PLOT NO. 2, SECTOR-29 NEAR IFFCO CHOWK METRO STATION GURAGON - 122 001 PHONE NO. 011-23721487 REPRESENTED BY ITS MANGING DIRECTOR. 3. STATE OF KARNATAKA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY VIKASA SOUDHA DR. B.R. AMBEDKAR VEEDHI BANGALORE - 560 001 REPRESENTED BY THE ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI K.S. HARISH, GOVERNMENT ADVOCATE FOR R-3) THIS WRIT APPEAL IS FILED UNDER SECTION 4 OF THE KARNATAKA HIGH COURT ACT, 1961, PRAYING TO DISMISS THE ORDER PASSED BY THE LEARNED SINGLE JUDGE IN WRIT PETITION NO.9952 OF 2025 DATED 09.09.2025 & ETC. THIS APPEAL, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, JUDGMENT WAS DELIVERED THEREIN AS UNDER: - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:38126-DB WA No. 1569 of 2025 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C M JOSHI ORAL JUDGMENT (PER: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE) 1. The appellant has filed the present appeal impugning an order dated 09.09.2025 passed by the learned Single Judge in WP.No.9952/2025 (GM - KEB). 2. The appellant had filed the said writ petition challenging an order dated 21.04.2024 in Petition No.291/MP/2023 and Petition No.292/MP/2023 read with common order dated 30.03.2025 passed in Petition Nos.305/MP/2024 and 306/MP/2024. The said orders were passed by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission [CERC]. Concededly the appellant had an efficacious remedy of an appeal before the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, under Section 111 of the Electricity Act, 2003. 3. In the aforesaid circumstance, the learned Single Judge had declined to entertain the writ petition. There is no dispute that the appellant has a statutory remedy of an appeal, as noted by the - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:38126-DB WA No. 1569 of 2025 learned Single Judge. In view of the above, we find no infirmity with the impugned order. 4. The appeal is accordingly dismissed. 5. Pending applications stand disposed of. Sd/- (VIBHU BAKHRU) CHIEF JUSTICE Sd/- (C M JOSHI) JUDGE SD List No.: 1 Sl No.: 40