Tata Power today informed the Supreme Court that it would file a rejoinder to the Centre's affidavit that rejected its allegation of favouring ADAG firm Reliance Power for usage of coal from mines alloted to the Rs 20,000 crore Sasan Power Project.
Senior advocate Harish Salve, appearing for Tata Power, sought permission from the apex court to file its rejoinder to the government's affidavit.
This position was accepted by a bench comprising Justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly and adjourned the matter to September 13 for next hearing.
In its affidavit, the government had requested the court to reject the petition of Tata Power as it was "misleading and erroneous".
It had also questioned the locus standi of Tata Power, saying, "The petitioner cannot allege violation of any legal right vis-a-vis tender process, as it waived its right by not extending the bid."
The government said that the petition challenging the use of coal for projects other than the 4,000-Mw Sasan Ultra-Mega Power Project (UMPP) was filed on a totally false basis and "gives a totally misleading and erroneous impression".
Tata Power has challenged the decision of an Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) which had allowed R-Power to use excess coal from the captive mines meant for the Sasan project in Madhya Pradesh for another 4,000-Mw project at Chitrangi, in the same state.
