Section 26
Members, officers and employees of Authority to be public servants.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997
About this Act
An Act to provide for the establishment of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India and the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal to regulate the telecommunication services, adjudicate disputes, dispose of appeals and to protect the interests of service providers and consumers of the telecom sector, to promote and ensure orderly growth of the telecom sector and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
All members, officers
and other employees of the Authority shall be deemed, when acting or purporting to act in pursuance of
any of the provisions of this Act to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian
Penal Code (45 of 1860).