MoP - Ministry of Power

APPELLATE TRIBUNAL FOR ELECTRICITY
The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) has been setup
under the provisions of the Electricity Act, 2003 (section 110)
with all India jurisdiction and it started functioning on
21 st July, 2005. The Tribunal is presently located at 7 th Floor,
Core-4, SCOPE Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi.
APTEL is headed by the Hon’ble Mr. Justice Anil Dev Singh
as Chairperson, who is a former Chief Justice of Rajasthan
High Court and has been given terms of a sitting judge of
the Supreme Court. Hon’ble Ms. Justice Manju Goel is the
Judicial Member. There are two Technical Members,
namely, Hon’ble Mr. H.L. Bajaj and Hon’ble Mr. A.A. Khan.
The Tribunal has also been conferred jurisdiction under the
Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act, 2006 to
hear appeals against the orders/decisions of the Petroleum
and Natural Gas Regulatory Board set up under the Act. A
new Technical Member (PNG), Hon’ble Mr. Mahesh B. Lal
has assumed office on 30th July 2007.
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APTEL hears and disposes of appeals filed against the
orders of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission,
State Electricity Regulatory Commissions, Joint
Commissions and Adjudicating Officers. Subsequent to the
setting up of APTEL, the appeals pending in the High Courts
of all States except the State of Jammu & Kashmir on the
subject were also transferred to this Tribunal.
Proceedings are conducted in two Benches, each consisting
of one Judicial Member and a Technical Member.
As on 31 st December 2007, of 1165 appeals/petitions/matters
etc. that have been filed to date, 947 have already been
disposed of.
Thus within a short span of its operation, APTEL has become
fully operational and has been successful in disposing of a
large number of matters, thus expediting justice. The
website of the Tribunal (www.aptel.gov.in) is providing easy
access to the daily causelists and judgments/orders.
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