In Brief
Anjaney Ferro Alloys Ltd sought a direction to the Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory Commission to decide a pending true-up issue that had remained unresolved for over eight years. The Commission had deferred the matter citing a separate related appeal (C.A. 4881/2010). The Supreme Court held that absent an express stay order, the mere pendency of a related appeal does not justify indefinite delay. The Court directed the Commission to decide the true-up issue within six months, allowing it to make such decision subject to the outcome of the related appeal if not disposed of by then.
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