The High Court of Madras dismissed a writ petition seeking an order to permit an MSO to provide analogue signals without set-top boxes. The court held the petition was infructuous.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 11.11.2021
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE KRISHNAN RAMASAMY
W.P.No.31018 of 2017 and W.M.P.No.33991 of 2017
Sakthi Sat Vision Represented by its Sole properitor, M.Bhirunda, W/o. M.Mohakrishnan, No.14/12, Selvavinayagar Koil Street, Cheyyar – 604 407, Thiruvannamalai District.
...Petitioner
-Vs-
1.Union of India, Represented by its Secretary, The Ministry for Information and Broadcasting, Room No.116, 'A' Wing, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi – 110 001.
2.The Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, (Opp to Ramleela Maidhan) New Delhi – 110 002.
3.The District Collector, District Collector Office, Thiruvannamalai District, Thiruvannamalai. ...Respondents
Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the 1st respondent to permit the petitioner firm to provide Analogue signal to its customers, to whom set top box is not provided, until the petitioner's firm provide set top box to all its
customers like similarly placed Multi System operators from its control room at Cheyyar Taluk, Thiruvannamalai District.
For Petitioner : Mr.B.Prasanna Vinoth For R1 & R2 : Mr.T.V.Krishnamachari Senior panel counsel For R3 : Mr.V.Nanmaran Government Advocate
ORDER
Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the prayer sought for in this Writ Petition has become infructuous.
Sd/-
Assistant Registrar(CS-IV)
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Sub Assistant Registrar
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To
1.The Secretary, Union of India, The Ministry for Information and Broadcasting, Room No.116, 'A' Wing, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi – 110 001.
2.The Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, (Opp to Ramleela Maidhan) New Delhi – 110 002.
3.The District Collector, District Collector Office, Thiruvannamalai District, Thiruvannamalai.
+1cc to the Government Pleader, SR.No.58509
W.P.No.31018 of 2017 and W.M.P.No.33991 of 2017
SRA(CO) CB(29/11/2021)
Sakthi Sat Vision
Union of India
The Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
The District Collector, Thiruvannamalai District
KRISHNAN RAMASAMY
As recorded by the court registry
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