07112026-TTC-01.qxd 11/7/2026 12:51 AM Page 1 13 NO RIFT WITHIN NC, SAYS FAROOQ J&K /thetribunechd CHANDIGARH | GURUGRAM | JALANDHAR | BATHINDA | VOL. 10 NO. 308 | 26 PAGES | ~7.00 | REGD. NO. CHD/0006/2024-2026 ESTABLISHED IN 1881 saturday | 7 november 2026 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com Ending 60-yr row, SC asks Pb, Hry to give HP 11,973 MU power Cashless framework finally settles BBMB electricity dues dispute Satya Prakash Tribune News Service New Delhi, November 6 Bringing to a close a decadeslong inter-state dispute over power dues arising from Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) projects dating back to 1966, the Supreme Court on Friday directed Punjab and Haryana to supply 11,973 million units (MU) of electricity to Himachal Pradesh over 20 years. A Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana accepted the Centre’s cashless proposal for settlement of the dues in energy terms. The arrangement flows from the top court’s 2011 verdict, which settled Himachal Pradesh’s claim to power dues arising from the BhakraNangal and Beas hydroelectric projects at 7.19 per cent. “The energy arrears due to the plaintiff-state, as comput- ELECTRICITY TO BE PROVIDED OVER 20 YEARS ■ SC orders Punjab & Haryana ■ Dispute dates back to 1966 to supply 11,973 MU of electricity to HP over 20 years ■ Cashless settlement okayed, with HP’s capital-cost liability adjusted against power dues Punjab reorganisation & HP’s 7.19% share in BBMB projects ■ Punjab sought a 30-year timeline, HP wanted 10 years; the court settled on 20 years ed by the Union of India, shall be taken at 13,066 MU. The same shall be supplied by Punjab and Haryana at the rate of 653 MU per annum over 20 lean seasons, being the period from October to March, in the inter se ratio of 58:42 for the Bhakra-Nangal project and 60:40 for the Beas project,” the Bench ordered. Himachal Pradesh shall pay the charges determined by the BBMB for the year in which each tranche of energy is received, it said. Himachal Pradesh’s liability towards its 7.19 per cent share of the capital cost of the Bhakra-Nangal and Beas projects, representing the unreimbursed share of loan servicing undertaken by Punjab and Haryana since 1966-67, shall be assessed at Rs 420.77 crore, comprising Rs 249.23 crore attributable to Punjab and Rs 171.55 crore attributable to Haryana, the top court said. “The capital-cost liability shall be adjusted against a corresponding portion of the energy arrears due to HP For this . purpose, the energy shall be valued at the rate of Rs 3.85 per unit, resulting in an adjustment of approximately 1,093 MU against the capital-cost liability,” it said. “Upon giving effect to the adjustment, the continued on page 7 Parent income can’t decide OBC creamy layer status: SC refuses to modify order Satya Prakash Tribune News Service Water being sprinkled as the AQI touched 382 in New Delhi on Friday. ANI Act fast to curb rising AQI: SC as Delhi-NCR chokes Satya Prakash Tribune News Service New Delhi, November 6 Terming vehicular emissions a major contributor to air pollution in Delhi-NCR, the Supreme Court on Friday said immediate, medium and longterm measures were needed to curb the rising air quality index. “We hope all of you are enjoying Delhi weather,” a Bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant asked lawyers at the outset of hearing on a suo motu case on air pollution in Delhi-NCR. Stating that pollution levels Pb farm fire cases reach 3,144; 611 in Tarn Taran VEHICLES TO BLAME “Look at the roads connecting Delhi with the NCR. Take a look at any road and the kind of vehicles moving... That is the major problem,” the SC Bench said. were hovering around the severe category, senior advocate and amicus curiae Aparajita Singh told the Bench, “We continued on page 7 edit: toxic diwali New Delhi, November 6 The Supreme Court on Friday refused to modify its March 11 judgment which held that the salary or income of a parent employed in a PSU or the private sector could not by itself be treated as the determining criteria for excluding an Other Backward Classes (OBC) candidate from the creamy layer. A Bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice R Mahadevan said the verdict would not result in the retrospective reopening of completed selections, appointments or service allocations and that it would govern ongoing and subsequent selection processes, including the allocation of services to successful candidates in the Civil Services Examination (CSE), 2025. The Bench refused to revisit the criteria for determining who qualified to be an OBC NARROW ESCAPE FOR 1,500 Says order doesn’t lead to revisiting of completed job selection processes non-creamy layer (NCL) candidate. However, it clarified that the relief granted in March was confined to the parties to the proceedings. Friday’s clarification is expected to end the uncertainty for the successful CSE-2025 candidates who are yet to join the foundation course as the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) had not allotted cadre to these candidates or announced their training schedule in view of pendency of the matter before the top court. The Supreme Court clarified that its March verdict did not require a general revision of service allocations or seniority across successive recruitment years and that it did not grant any individual relief to candidates not parties to the original proceedings. CBSE Class X, XII exams from Feb 16 NEW DELHI: The CBSE Class X and XII board exams will begin on February 16, 2027, with Class X exams ending on March 9 and Class XII concluding on April 9. BACK PAGE 3% increase in DA for Haryana employees Nearly 1,500 passengers had a narrow escape after a fire, caused by a suspected short-circuit, engulfed four coaches of the Amritsar-New Jalpaiguri Karmabhoomi Express near Rajpura in Patiala on Friday. RAJESH SACHAR EC gives left-out Hry, Delhi voters another chance to join rolls Tribune News Service New Delhi, November 6 The Election Commission (EC) has given one more chance to voters marked absent, dead or duplicate in seven states, including Haryana, Delhi, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Telangana and Nagaland, where the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is either underway or has just been completed. The EC has also asked officials to continued on page 7 CHANDIGARH: Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini on Friday announced a 3% hike in dearness allowance (DA) for government employees and dearness relief (DR) for pensioners. INSIDE On recent UK trip, RSS chief said India should restart talks with Pak SHYAM BHATIA THE TRIBUNE EXCLUSIVE LONDON CORRESPONDENT R SS chief Mohan Bhagwat advocated sporting, cultural and people-to-people contacts with Pakistan at a closed-door meeting in London in September, according to an account of the discussion by a participant who spoke exclusively to The Tribune. According to this participant, the discussion took place at the Court House Mohan Bhagwat Hotel on Great Marlborough Street in London on September 7, one of several engagements the RSS chief had with several interlocutors MOHAMMAD SHAMI RETIRES FROM TEST CRICKET SPORT during his visit to the city. “The RSS chief advocated limited ties with Pakistan, specifically through cultural and people-to-people contacts,” the participant who attended the Bhagwat meeting told this reporter on condition of anonymity. The meeting was organised by Dr Kishen Shastry, a Cambridge-based economist and core team member of Integral, the UK-based organisation continued on page 7 Today’s issue is of 26 pages, including six-page Malwa Tribune. c m y b