Bharti Airtel and Bharti Hexacom have moved TDSAT against DoT for imposing penalties on them over alleged violation of new subscriber verification norms for North-East and Assam circles.

These companies have requested the telecom Tribunal to quash and set aside the demand notices.

While asking DoT not to take any coercive action against the companies a TDSAT bench, headed by its Chairman Justice S B Sinha, issued notices to DoT directing it to file its responses on their plea.

These companies in their plea said that they were expecting further penalties based on the joint audit reports, without DoT clarifying the ambiguities.

“DoT is even imposing penalty on grant of recharge between January 19, 2011 and March 31, 2011 to subscribers reverified by them on basis of instructions dated September 30, 2009, though the said process was revalidated in Circular dated March 31, 2011", they said.