New Delhi: Oil India may go to TDSAT this week against the DoT’s demand to provide around Rs 48,500 crore as the previous arrears of additional bandwidth capacity.
The company’s chairman and managing director Sushil Chandra Mishra gave this information. This capability was leased by the company to third parties. Other non-telecom companies can also approach the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) for similar demands. GAIL India Limited, Power Grid Corporation and Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizer & Chemicals Limited can go to TDSAT.
Rs 1.83 lakh crore has been sought from GAIL India, Rs 21,953.65 crore from Power Grid and Rs 15,019.97 crore from Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizer & Chemicals.
The Supreme Court had ordered on 24 October 2019 that telecom companies should pay dues to the government even on non-telecom income. Subsequently, the Department of Telecommunications demanded Rs 1.47 lakh crore from Bharti Airtel Limited, Vodafone Idea Limited and other telecom companies. In addition, Rs 2.7 lakh crore was sought from non-telecom companies.
Non-telecom companies such as Oil India, GAIL and Powergrid filed clarification petitions on the October 24 decision, but the apex court asked them to go to the appropriate authority on 14 February.
