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Noida Authority has been imparted a time of 48 hours by Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court for de-sealing of around 220 mobile phone towers in the town, which the authority had sealed stating them as illegal. The latest orders have brought a huge sigh of relief to both operators and consumers, as they were facing severe communication problems since 3rd of February. Vodafone, Airtel, Indus, MTNL, Idea etc. are among some major beneficiaries of these orders.

The orders came in context of the writ petitions filed collectively by The Cellular Operators Association of India and Association of Unified Service Providers of India against the sealing action of Noida Authority, without providing them rpoper notices and sufficient time to react on the issue.

However, the court has also directed service providers to fulfill all the necessary formalities and complete the guidelines related to legal installation of towers with in three weeks of duration. Whereas, on the other hand the two member bench of Justice Pradeep Kant and Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi also held Noida Authority officials equally responsible for illegal installation of towers in the town and said that installation of illegal towers is not possible without the connivance of Noida Officials. The Court said that this issue has its root way back in the year 2002, why the authority didn’t focus on it at that time only.

The court has also directed Authority to take strict disciplinary actions against involved officials and submit an affidavit regarding it with in shortest possible time.