Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has issued notice to Neo Sports on a petition filed by DTH operator Tata Sky seeking a stay over any possible disconnection of signals by the sports channel.

Admitting the petition, a TDSAT bench headed by Justice Kumar directed Neo Sports to file reply by September 23. Tata Sky, an 80:20 JV between Tata and Star, submitted that the disconnection notice by Neo was not valid as it gave under clause 4.3 of the Interconnect Regulation instead of clause 4.1, which deals with provisions of disconnection.

TDSAT noted that the disconnection notice was issued by Neo Sports on September 11, 2008, and still it has not completed 21 mandatory days, hence there was no need of any interim relief sought by Tata Sky.