However, the Aam Aadmi Party government resigned after 49 days in power, due to which the annual budget could not be passed.
Subsequently, the budgetary allocations for Delhi were made in the vote on account passed on Feb 17, 2014 by parliament.
The plea said that no budgetary allocation were made in the interim budget for subsidising the burden of electricity tariff on the underprivileged.
'Successive state governments in Delhi have been subsidising the tariff payable by consumers, inter alia, to ensure that a resource as critical and essential as electricity does not remain beyond the grasp of the underprivileged,' it said.
The plea added that there exist millions of residents in Delhi who cannot afford electricity without the aid and assistance of the government.
Discoms continue to resist being audited, the provision of lifeline subsidies has been turned into a game of political football between various political parties.
'Any incremental revision of electricity tariffs be stayed until the audit process is complete. It is submitted that the discoms must not be permitted to enjoy the fruits of their evasive tactics,' it added.
