A bench, comprising Chief Justice D Murugesan and Justice V K Jain, granted the time to the government's plea and posted a matter for hearing on April 10.
Najmi Waziri, counsel for Delhi government, said the process of framing the guidelines to determine electricity tariff by bidding process was underway.
The court was hearing the petition, filed by Chand Jain, seeking a direction to the city government to frame guidelines to determine electricity tariff by bidding process.
The petition alleged one of the electricity distribution companies, BSES Yamuna Power Ltd, was issuing incorrect and inflated bills and consumers were being compelled pay the amount.
The private discom "arbitrarily" disconnects power supply in the event of non-payment of bills without looking into the the grievances of consumers, Sugriv Dubey, counsel for Jain, said.
Some meters, installed by the discom, run fast and give "unreasonable" readings, and the discom has started raising bills "without verifying the defective meters," the petition said.
It has also sought a direction to the government and others to "stop recovery of incorrect bills issued to consumers".
Earlier, the court had issued notices to the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, BSES Yamuna Power Ltd and Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission on the plea.
