UMANG NARESH SHAH vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR THE SECRETARY INDUSTRY ENERGY AND — WP/4629/2025

Case under Electricity Act 2003. Disposed: Contested--Disposed Off on 26th March 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: HCBM010147222025

Filing Number

WP/9058/2025

Filing Date

12-Mar-2025

Registration No

WP/4629/2025

Registration Date

04-Apr-2025

Judge

Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla , Hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla

Coram

Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla , Hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla

Bench Type

Division

Category

ELECTRICITY ( 13 )

Sub-Category

TARIFF ( 13 )

Judicial Branch

Civil

Decision Date

26-Mar-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--Disposed Off

Last updated 20-Apr-2026

Acts & Sections

Electricity Act 2003

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.UMANG NARESH SHAH

    Adv. Tanmay Karmarkar

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR THE SECRETARY INDUSTRY ENERGY AND

  2. 2.MAHARASHTRA ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION THROUGH ITS SECRETARY

    Adv. RATNAKAR SINGH

  3. 3.MAHARASHTRA STATE ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION CO. LTD THROUGH THE CHAIRMAN AND M.D. PRAKASHGAD

    Adv. DSK LEGAL

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 26-Mar-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla,hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze PooniwallaView PDF

    The Bombay High Court disposed of the writ petition, finding that the petitioner's grievance was already addressed by MERC's tariff order dated 28th March 2025, which categorized advocates' offices under "LT VII: LT - Public Services." The court directed the petitioner to apply to MSEDCL within 2 weeks for category change, which MSEDCL must decide within 3 weeks, and ordered credit for billing differences on bills generated after 1st April 2025. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 26-Mar-2026

    Due Admission - 1

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla , Hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla

  4. 12-Mar-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla,hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze PooniwallaView PDF

  5. 12-Mar-2026

    Due Admission - 1

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla , Hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla

  6. 05-Mar-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla,hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze PooniwallaView PDF

  7. 05-Mar-2026

    Due Admission - 1

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla , Hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla

  8. 26-Feb-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla,hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze PooniwallaView PDF

  9. 26-Feb-2026

    Due Admission - 1

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla , Hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla

  10. 12-Feb-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla,hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze PooniwallaView PDF

  11. 12-Feb-2026

    Due Admission - 1

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla , Hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla

  12. 05-Feb-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla,hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze PooniwallaView PDF

  13. 05-Feb-2026

    Due Admission - 1

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla , Hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla

  14. 22-Jan-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla,hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze PooniwallaView PDF

  15. 16-Jan-2026

    Due Admission - 1

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sandesh Dadasaheb Patil , Hon'ble Justice Revati Mohite Dere

  16. 18-Dec-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sandesh Dadasaheb Patil,hon'ble Justice Revati Mohite DereView PDF

  17. 18-Dec-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sandesh Dadasaheb Patil,hon'ble Justice Revati Mohite DereView PDF

  18. 18-Dec-2025

    Due Admission - 1

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sandesh Dadasaheb Patil , Hon'ble Justice Revati Mohite Dere

  19. 17-Nov-2025

    Due Admission - 1

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sandesh Dadasaheb Patil , Hon'ble Justice Revati Mohite Dere

  20. 15-Oct-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sandesh Dadasaheb Patil,hon'ble Justice Revati Mohite DereView PDF

  21. 15-Oct-2025

    Due Admission - 1

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sandesh Dadasaheb Patil , Hon'ble Justice Revati Mohite Dere

  22. 30-Sep-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sandesh Dadasaheb Patil,hon'ble Justice Revati Mohite DereView PDF

  23. 11-Sep-2025

    Due Admission - 1

    Hon'ble Justice Dr. Neela Kedar Gokhale , Hon'ble Justice Revati Mohite Dere

  24. 12-Aug-2025

    Hon'ble Justice Dr. Neela Kedar Gokhale,hon'ble Justice Revati Mohite DereView PDF

  25. 12-Aug-2025

    Due Admission - 1

    Hon'ble Justice Dr. Neela Kedar Gokhale , Hon'ble Justice Revati Mohite Dere

  26. 07-Jul-2025

    Hon'ble Justice Dr. Neela Kedar Gokhale,hon'ble Justice Revati Mohite DereView PDF

  27. 22-Apr-2025

    For Admission

    Hon'ble Shri Justice G. S. Kulkarni , Hon'ble Justice Advait M. Sethna

  28. 15-Apr-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice G. S. Kulkarni,hon'ble Justice Advait M. SethnaView PDF

  29. 15-Apr-2025

    For Circulation

    Hon'ble Shri Justice G. S. Kulkarni , Hon'ble Justice Advait M. Sethna

  30. 07-Apr-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice G. S. Kulkarni,hon'ble Justice Advait M. SethnaView PDF

  31. 07-Apr-2025

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  32. 12-Mar-2025

    Case filed

    Registration No. WP/4629/2025

casestatus.in Summary

The Bombay High Court disposed of the writ petition, finding that the petitioner's grievance was already addressed by MERC's tariff order dated 28th March 2025, which categorized advocates' offices under "LT VII: LT - Public Services." The court directed the petitioner to apply to MSEDCL within 2 weeks for category change, which MSEDCL must decide within 3 weeks, and ordered credit for billing differences on bills generated after 1st April 2025. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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