Telecom tribunal TDSAT has slammed state-run MTNL for deducting the disputed amount from Tata Communications during the pendency of the matter before it.
The tribunal observed that "it was expected of a public sector undertaking which is a 'State' within the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution of India to seek leave of this Tribunal before any such deduction was made".
The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal also did not agreed with PSU submissions that the money owed by Tata was a public money and recovery should not be stayed.
"...there should not be a stay of recovery of public money by way of adjustments of the bills, in our opinion, cannot prima facie be accepted. If the MTNL was so much concerned about the public money it ought to have taken steps to recover the same at an early date," TDSAT said.
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The tribunal observed that "it was expected of a public sector undertaking which is a 'State' within the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution of India to seek leave of this Tribunal before any such deduction was made".
The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal also did not agreed with PSU submissions that the money owed by Tata was a public money and recovery should not be stayed.
"...there should not be a stay of recovery of public money by way of adjustments of the bills, in our opinion, cannot prima facie be accepted. If the MTNL was so much concerned about the public money it ought to have taken steps to recover the same at an early date," TDSAT said.
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