Even as CBI was studying the special court order directing it to provide a certified copy of the 2G spectrum allocation file to Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy, sources said tonight that no correspondence existed in any files between the then Finance Minister P Chidambaram and the then Telecom Minister A Raja on the subject.

CBI sources noted that the special court had given an ex-parte order in favour of Swamy. Its legal department was studying it. Meanwhile, knowledgeable sources said there was no no correspondence on this issue between Chidambaram and Raja.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had sought his opinion in 2007 on whether two new telecom licencees, Swan and Unitech, were divesting i.e. selling their stake or diluting shares through issue of fresh equity. Chidambaram was on record this July saying that he found that both were cases of dilution of equity by issue of fresh shares and there was no no sale of spectrum.