New Delhi, Feb 3 (TIWN): The Supreme Court on Wednesday said power distribution companies (discoms) cannot be permitted to change their decisions in connection with power purchase agreement at their whims and fancies, as it imposed a cost of Rs 5 lakh on Andhra Pradesh Southern Power Distribution Power Company Ltd (APSPDCL).

A bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao and B.R. Gavai said: "We have no hesitation to hold that the appellants - discoms, could not be permitted to change the decision at their whims and fancies and, particularly, when it is adversarial to the public interest and public good. The record would clearly show that the change in decision is arbitrary, irrational and unreasonable."