Hearing In Gujarat HC Also Adjourned Till April 16

Gujarat High Court adjourned the case regarding extension of analogue switch off in Phase II of digitisation till 16 April, thus Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Surat and Vadodara will continue to receive analogue signals till final decision is taken in the case.

The Cable Operators Association of Gujarat (COAG) had filed a petition seeking postponement of digitisation due to shortage of STBs. The COAG through its president Pramod Pandya has filed a rejoinder to an affidavit filed by I&B ministry.

Plea taken up by the association was STBs ordered from China had failed to arrive because of internal problems in that country and therefore the local cable operators (LCOs) did not get the same for seeding in consumer homes.

The Government has already switched off analogue signals in the remaining 30 cities that were covered under phase II of digitisation beginning 1 April.

Karnataka HC had already adjourned a similar case involving Bangalore and Mysore till April 16.

Along with Karnataka and Gujarat, digitisation has also been stayed in two cities of Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam - where the hearing is expected to commence next week.

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