The dispute over the power dues payable by Telangana power distribution companies to the AP Power Generation Corporation appears unlikely to end any time soon as the Ministry of Home Affairs has referred the matter to the Ministry of Law for its opinions on the applicability of provisions of the AP Reorganisation Act.
The issue was discussed during the virtual meeting of the representatives of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh with the MHA joint secretary Ashish Kumar and representatives of different Union Ministries conducted recently to sort out bilateral issues between the two Telugu States. The Telangana Government has affirmed that it was willing to settle the issue from the beginning and some progress was made in this direction.
But the AP power utilities approached the NCLT and subsequently, filed a writ petition in the High Court of Telangana making the issue sub-judice. “Telangana has no dispute regarding the amount of dues. However, the amount of dues receivable by the State should be taken into account while settling the dues,” the Telangana Government told the Union Government.
