Mr. Khullar, a 1975-batch IAS officer, will take over from J.S. Sarma on May 14. He will have a three-year term. His appointment, cleared by
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, comes at a time when the telecom industry
is fiercely protesting against the recent proposal of the telecom
regulator on auctioning of 2G spectrum.
TRAI's recommendations followed the Supreme Court's February 2
judgement, cancelling 122 licences of nine telecom companies and asking
the government to redistribute them on the first-come, first-served
basis.
It is learnt that government has sought certain clarifications from TRAI
on its recommendations for which a detailed response is being drafted.
Mr. Khullar was personal secretary to Dr. Singh when he was the Finance
Minister in the Narasimha Rao government.
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