Against the claims of Andhra Pradesh’s (A.P.) power utilities that its counterparts in Telangana owe ₹6,757 crore in lieu of energy supplied to the latter from June 2, 2014 to June 10, 2017, the Telangana power utilities have reiterated that even after deducting the dues being claimed by A.P. that State would still owe about ₹4,600 crore on account of various heads.
The issue of Telangana’s dues had come up during the Question Hour in Rajya Sabha on August 1. In response to YSR Congress Party MP V. Vijay Sai Reddy’s question, Union Minister of Power R. K. Singh had told the House that they were consulting the Ministry of Finance and Law & Justice to decide the approach of the Centre (Ministry of Power) in case a State refuses to pay dues to another State in lieu of energy supplied. It was also being examined to ask the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to whether due amount could be deducted from devolution of taxes to Telangana and paid to Andhra Pradesh.
Meanwhile, sources in the Transmission Corporation of Telangana Limited (TS-Transco), the nodal agency to deal with other agencies on behalf of Discoms, stated that a petition was pending over the issue of dispute of overs dues with A.P. in the Telangana High Court. The court had stayed the MoP order issued in the last week of August 2022 to pay the dues to A.P. within 30 days.
