The Islamabad High Court on Thursday suspended the order of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for recovery of electricity charges by the Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO) from private company owners against fuel adjustment charges.
NAB issued order on March 3 directing the owners of private companies to deposit the electricity bills along with the fuel adjustment charges.
The court also issued pre-admission notices to the Water and Power Ministry’s secretary, WAPDA, FESCO chief executive and others.
A division bench of the IHC, comprising of Chief Justice Anwar Khan Kasi and Justice Noorul Haq N Qureshi, resumed the hearing of a plea filed by owners of around 52 companies seeking nullification of the NAB orders.
Muhammad Nawaz, counsel for the petitioners, apprised the bench that NAB order for recovery of fuel adjustment charges was irrational.
He requested to declare NAB order illegal that followed the adjournment of the hearing.
