Supreme Court slams govt’s casual approach to 2G auction
19 Nov 2012
The Supreme Court today slammed the central government for dealing with the court-ordered auctioning of 2G spectrum in a very casual manner.
The court's comments followed procedural lapses in the government's filing of an affidavit to explain why the entire spectrum was not auctioned as per the court's orders.
The affidavit was filed by a lower level office and not the secretary of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), as it should have been.
The SC, in its order of 2 February 2012, had cancelled allocation of all 122 licences issued by the former telecom minister A Raja and freed the entire 2G spectrum allocated by the Raja-headed telecom ministry.
The DoT today submitted an affidavit signed by the under-secretary, which the court did not accept, saying that the affidavit should have been signed by the secretary instead.
"This affidavit can't be accepted. The under-secretary is not competent at all. This is deliberate attempt by the DoT. It is a serious matter. The government is very casual in dealing with this issue," the court said.
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