The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court ordered the Uttar Pradesh government and the Noida Development Authority to deseal the mobile towers within 24 hours.

A bench comprising Justice Pradeep Kant and Rituraj Awasthi passed the order on a petition filed by Indira Tower.

The court has asked the petitioner to approach the Noida Development Authority, which would provide them information about the lapses, if any, in the installation of the towers.

The petitioner had alleged that 130 mobile towers, which were installed in Noida after compliance of all formalities and rules, had been sealed by the Noida Development Authority.

The Authority had said the towers were against the rules as commercial activities could not be carried out in residential areas.

The court has fixed the next hearing in the case after six weeks.

The civic authorities in Noida had recently sealed illegal mobile towers, affecting telecom services in the NCR town which falls under Delhi telecom circle.

UNI