The central government has informed the Supreme Court that it will not take back the ban on the pre-paid mobile services in Jammu and Kashmir due to the security reasons.

Solicitor general, Mr. Gopal Subramanium appearing for Centre informed this to a bench comprising Mr. CJI K G Balakrishnan and Justice B S Chauhan while filing an affidavit against the PIL filed by the J&K Panthers Party.

Regarding the issue, the director of the department of telecommunications, Mr. Shashi Mohan said that the President of India holds the ultimate authority for telecommunication services and the licensor reserves the right to stop operation at any time.

Government brought the ban into operation from November 1, 2009. After this the government has received reports which show a strong impact on the communication network of terrorists.

Mr. Mohan further said that the mobile handsets which were being used without the International Mobile Equipment Identity Numbers, imposed an serious security threat to the country.

In addition to the above reason the centre has told that a proper verification was not done by the operators on the subscriber's identity while issuing the prepaid connections.

In the year 2007 militants used a fake registered SIM card to trigger a landmine blast.