Report of the One Man Committee on 2G Allocation Handed over to the Government

• A one-man Committee comprising Justice Shivraj V. Patil, retired Judge of the Supreme Court, was set up by the Department of Telecommunications on December 13, 2010 to examine the appropriateness of procedures followed by the Department of Telecommunications in issuance of licences and allocation of spectrum during the period 2001-2009.

Annexure

1.  To study the circumstances and developments in the Telecom sector that led to the formulation of the New Telecom Policy 1999 and subsequently, introduction of 4th Cellular Telecom Mobile Service (CMTS) licence in 2001
2. 2. To examine the internal (intra-departmental) procedures adopted by DoT during the period 2001-2009 for

• Issue of telecom access service licences and
• Allocation of spectrum to all telecom access services licencees during the above period

3. To examine whether these procedures were in accordance with extant policies and directions ofDoT/Government

4. To examine whether these procedures were followed consistently and if not, identify specific instances of 

•  Deviation from laid down procedures 
• Inappropriate application of laid down procedures
• Violation of underlying principles of laid down procedures

5. To examine whether the procedures adopted were fair and transparent and were in keeping with the principles of natural justice and if not, identify the specific instances of lack of fairness and transparency

6. To identify the deficiencies, if any, in the procedures as formulated and identify the public officials responsible for such deficiencies

7. To identify the shortcomings and lapses, if any, in the implementation of the laid down procedures and identify the public officials responsible for such lapses

8. To suggest remedial measures to avoid in future

•  Deficiencies in formulation of procedures and 
• Lapses in implementation of laid-down procedures