S. RAVINDRA BHAT, J.

Facts

1. Vodafone India Limited ("Vodafone" or "appellant") appeals the decision of a learned Single Judge of this court, dated 04.09.2017 dismissing its Writ Petition (Civil) No. 6388/ 2017 preferred against the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India ("TRAI" or "respondent").

2. Vodafone is a company registered under the Companies Act, 1956 and a telecom service provider holding Telecom Licenses/Unified Access Service Licenses since 1994-95 to establish, maintain and operate telecommunication services in various service areas in India. The facts are that TRAI issued a Consultation Paper on Review of Interconnection Usage Charges (IUC) dated 05.08.2016, proposing to fix, inter alia, Mobile Termination Charges (MTC), inviting comments /inputs on, inter alia, the appropriate approach for prescribing domestic termination charge (viz. mobile termination charge and fixed termination charge) for maximization of consumer welfare (i.e. adequate choice, affordable tariff and good quality of service), adoption of more efficient technologies and overall growth of the telecommunication services sector in the country.

3. In the Consultation Paper, TRAI provided a brief