As the Supreme Court resumes further hearings on the finance ministry’s note to the PMO allegedly holding then finance minister P. Chidambaram and communications minister A. Raja jointly responsible for fixing the 2G spectrum price, the court is also set to examine 30 other crucial letters and notes exchanged at the highest levels on the issue.
The details of all these documents have been placed on record by Janata Party president Subra-manian Swamy.
Apart from the “revealing” March 25, 2011 note sent by the department of economic affairs to the PMO, the other letters and notes exchanged at the highest level include 12 communications from the PMO to the finance ministry, seven letters and notes by the DEA to the PMO and two “endorsement notes” by the PMO of October 8 and December 1, 2008.
The 12 communications from the PMO to the finance ministry were sent between July 29, 2005 and November 25, 2008, while the DEA’s letters to the PMO were between June 13, 2008 and November 3, 2008. Besides the 21 communications between the PMO and the finance ministry, Dr Swamy placed on record a chart on 10 letters exchanged between the Cabinet Secretary, finance secretary and telecom secretary on the question of referring the 2G spectrum price issue to the Group of Ministers headed by Mr Pranab Mukherjee.