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AGR row: GAIL says DoT's Rs 1.83 lakh cr demand notice not material event, legally untenable

Press Trust of India • May 8, 2020, 19:38:51 IST
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GAIL said it had refuted the provisional assessment orders of DoT and sought its withdrawal.

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AGR row: GAIL says DoT's Rs 1.83 lakh cr demand notice not material event, legally untenable

New Delhi: State-owned gas utility GAIL India Ltd has told market regulator SEBI that it did not consider DoT’s notice seeking Rs 1.83 lakh crore in past dues as material event warranting disclosure to stock exchanges as the amount in the provisional assessment was considered not payable. Replying to a notice by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) over non-disclosure of Department of Telecommunications (DoT) assessment orders/demand notices, GAIL on 6 May said the demand was not legally tenable. “The amount assessed in provisional assessment orders are not payable, being unrelated matter to the terms and conditions of the IP-II licence obtained by the company and hence are also legally not tenable,” the company in a regulatory filing disclosing the communication with SEBI. [caption id=“attachment_6013191” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]Representational image. Reuters Representational image. Reuters[/caption] GAIL said it had refuted the provisional assessment orders of DoT and sought its withdrawal. “Accordingly, the event(s) of receipt of provisional orders was not considered material to be disclosed,” it said. The DoT sent a notice to GAIL soon after the 14 February hearing in the Supreme Court on dues owned by telecom companies such as Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea. The Supreme Court’’s original ruling in October last year led the DoT to demand Rs 1.47 lakh crore in unpaid dues on licence fees and spectrum usage charges from telecom companies such as Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea. Its demand related to a 14-year-old dispute regarding the definition of adjusted gross revenue (AGR), which the Supreme Court agreed should include all kinds of income generated by the telcos. Alongside, the DoT also raised a demand of over Rs 3 lakh crore from non-telecom PSUs such as GAIL, Oil India and PowerGrid for telecom licences these firms had primarily acquired for internal communication purposes. For GAIL, the DoT assessed an outstanding of Rs 1,83,076 crore towards annual licence fee in respect of IP-II Licence. This included interests and penalty. GAIL management, the filing said, was of the view that the “assessment orders/ demand notices received from DoT are not found material as per the GAIL Policy for determination of materiality and disclosure and therefore same does not require disclosure to the stock exchanges within 24 hours from the receipt.” SEBI had on 5 May issued a “caution letter” to GAIL for non-disclosure of material events/information. The regulator said listing regulations require companies to disclose material information as soon as reasonably possible. “This caution letter is being issued after considering the company’’s explanation on the matter. The company is advised to place this letter before its board of directors and disclose the same to the stock exchanges. You are also advised to disclose the reason of non-disclosure of the assessment orders/demand notices within the stipulated timeframe,” it wrote.

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