Advocates Mithilesh Kumar Singh, Amarjivi Ghimire and Shambhu Prasad Dahal filed the petition arguing that the government´s decision was against the Electricity Act, 2049 BS 5 (1). [break]
As per the Electricity Act, 2049 BS 5 (1), license to the same person or company cannot not be renewed once it has been scrapped.
The writ petitioner has also claimed that the government´s decision is against clause 18 of the Good Governance Act, 2064 BS.
The financial and infrastructure committee of the cabinet on Sunday decided to renew the license of NWED. The license of NWEDC was scrapped by the energy ministry two months ago after it failed to complete the required project works for acquiring power generation license within the five-year license period.
The petitioner has made the prime minister, his office, chief of financial and infrastructure committee of the cabinet, minister and ministry of energy and its secretary, director general of department of electricity development and the NWEDC as the defendants.
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