The Ministry of Communications on September 18, 2024, issued the Telecommunications (Right of Way) Rules, 2024.
The following provisions have been stated:
• These rules shall apply to permissions for right of way for telecommunication network.
• Any public entity shall exercise the powers under these rules upon an application made by any facility provider seeking right of way for telecommunication network.
• All applications, notifications, clarifications, permissions, objections or rejections under these rules, shall be made through the portal to the extent specified under these rules.
• Every public entity shall, within a period of thirty days from the date of notification of these rules, specify its nodal officer on the portal, for the purposes of these rules and any replacement of such officer shall also be specified on the portal by the concerned public entity within a period of seven days of such replacement.
• The permission for right of way granted to a facility provider in respect of the underlying telecommunication network under these rules shall, unless such permission is terminated in accordance with these rules, ––
o remain valid for a period coterminous with the term of authorisation or license, or exemption from such authorisation or license, granted or, as the case may be, exempted, by the Central Government; and
o continue to be valid for the term of any renewed authorisation or license, or the term of any renewed exemption from authorisation or license, renewed or, as the case may be, exempted, by that Government, in accordance with the provisions of the Telecommunications Act, 2023 or the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 or the rules made thereunder.
They shall come into force on January 01, 2025.
[Notification No. G.S.R. 576(E)]
