NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has refused to interfere in the plans of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to issue a tariff order and related directions in connection with digital addressable systems (DAS).

A bench of the Apex Court today said that if Trai felt that it had the powers for issuing a tariff order, it should go ahead and do so.

The counsel appearing for Trai said it had mentioned the matter before the apex court only as a matter of abundant caution in view of a matter relating to tariff pending in the court with regard to direct-to-home (DTH) operators.

This clears the legal decks for Trai to issue the long-awaited tariff for DAS. The government has mandated 30 June as the deadline for digitisation in the four metros of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai.