GP asked to pay Tk 2000cr to BTRC

Mobile phone operator Grameenphone has been asked to pay Tk 2000 crore, out of 12,579.95 crore dues, to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) within three months.

The full bench of the Appellate Division led by chief justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order on Sunday.

Grameenphone lawyer Mehedi Hasain Chowdhury said the court has asked the mobile phone operator to pay the same by three months.

The court also said the High Court injunction on realisation of the dues will be vacated if Grameenphone fails to pay the amount within in the stipulated period, said BTRC lawyer Khandaker Reza-E-Rakib.

According to UNB reports, on October 24, the apex court wanted to know from GP how much of the amount claimed by BTRC it can repay and asked it to come up with the reply within a week.

On November 14, the mobile phone company told the court that it could pay Tk 200 crore of the Tk 12,579.95 crore dues.

On October 17, the High Court imposed a two-month injunction on realisation of Tk 12,579.95 crore dues from the mobile phone company.

Later, the BTRC moved the Appellate Division against the HC order.

The BTRC claims dues of Tk 12,579.95 crore in 27 sectors from GP. Having failed to recover the money, BTRC on April 2 sent a notice to GP threatening to revoke its licence.

Later, GP moved a lower court seeking a temporary injunction on the BTRC’s notice which was turned down on August 28. Later, it filed an appeal with the High Court.