6/7/2018 TELECOM DISPUTES SETTLEMENT & APPELLATE TRIBUNAL TELECOM DISPUTES SETTLEMENT & APPELLATE TRIBUNAL NEW DELHI TH DATED 12 MAY, 2009 APPEAL NO. 4 OF 2006 Cellular Operators Association of India & Ors. … Appellants Vs.

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. …Respondent BEFORE:

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR CHAIRPERSON HON'BLE DR. J. S. SARMA MEMBER HON'BLE MR. G. D. GAIHA MEMBER For Appellants : Mr. Navin Chawla, Advocate For Respondent : Mr. C.S.Vaidyanathan, Senior Advocate with Mr. Saket Singh, Advocate ORDER Vide this Appeal, the Appellants have challenged The Telecommunications Interconnection Usage Charges (Sixth Amendment) Regulation (1 of 2006) dated 23.2.2006 (hereinafter referred to as the impugned Regulation), issued by the Respondent – Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (hereinafter referred to as the Authority).

2. The case of the Appellants is that vide a Regulation dated 24.1.2003, the Authority had fixed the Mobile Termination Charge payable to Cellular Mobile operators in Metro areas at Rs. 0.30 per minute and for other Circles, it was fixed at Re. 0.40 per minute. Subsequently, the Authority had, despite representations from the

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