CS asked the state DGP to ensure protection to the multi-system operators
Tribunal said that Telangana's additional solicitor general Ramachandra Rao had informed it of the steps taken by the state to provide full protection to the MSOs who should resume the broadcast of the channel. (Photo: TV Grab)
New Delhi: The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal has ordered immediate restoration of transmission of the Telugu news channel TV9 in Telangana after the chief secretary asked the state DGP to ensure protection to the multi-system operators who provide signals.
In its order on Wednesday, the Tribunal said that Telangana’s additional solicitor general Ramachandra Rao had informed it of the steps taken by the state to provide full protection to the MSOs who should resume the broadcast of the channel.
Mr Rao produced a letter dated October 25, 2014, from the chief secretary of Telangana to the DGP, Telangana, stating that MSOs should be given protection and to ensure that no untoward incident took place as a result of the broadcast as per the orders of Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal.
The MSOs had submitted that if the state government issued a public notice or a press release warning against any use of violence against any MSO for broadcasting the channel, they would be able to resume the broadcast of the petitioner’s channel without any apprehension of violence.
“The petitioner and the respondent MSOs are also directed to give wide publicity to this order through publication and through the electronic media. The publicity given to this order should allay the misgiving of the MSOs and the MSOs would then be in a position to resume the broadcast of the petitioner's channel as directed earlier,” the order said.
The MSOs should also intimate the DGP and the Commissioner of Police, in regard to the when they would resume broadcast of the channel, and added that they should resume broadcast of the channel in a week.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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