India, Oct. 29 -- The Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) on Wednesday put on hold an October 19 order that gave a private company a parallel power distribution licence for Gurugram and Nuh after the state government told the regulator to not enable any such licence in the state.

In a three-page order, officiating chairman Mukesh Garg and member Shiv Kumar said HERC "has decided not to proceed further in the matter" till the Haryana government's October 26 directions issued under Section 108 of the Electricity Act, 2003, remain operative. The government approached HERC after a strike by four unions of the state's energy department opposing the grant of licence to Eleven Power Private Limited (EPPL) triggered blackouts in Gur...