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The Delhi High Court Friday annulled a Department of Telecom (DOT) notification that had fixed Sep 25, 2007, as the cut-off date for granting telecom licenses.
The court also told the DoT to consider Chennai-based S-Tel’s application to start operations in 16 circles.
Justice G.S. Sistani held that the DoT cannot randomly fix a cut-off date for put a ceiling on the number for licenses that is bundled with start-up 2G spectrum and hence annulled the press note which was issued on Oct 10, 2008.
The court said, "The DoT could not be allowed to arbitrarily change the cut-off date and that too without any justifiable reasons."
The court’s nuliification came after hearing the case which was filed by Chennai-based S-Tel, whose application for license in 16 circles was turned down as it had applied on Sep 28, 2007, three days after the cut-off date.
