The Supreme Court today decided to commence hearing from July 10 on Presidential Reference moved by government for its opinion on issues arising out of its 2G spectrum judgment including whether auctioning of natural resources across all sectors is mandatory.

A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia issued notices to the state governments and industrial chambers FICCI and CII and sought their responses on behalf of the private industries.

The Reference has also asked the court for its view whether the verdict in the 2G case be given retrospective effect for radio waves granted since 1994.

The Court also issued notices to the NGO, Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) and Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy on whose petitions a bench headed by justice G S Singhvi had delivered a judgment on February 2.

In its judgment, the bench had canceled 122 telecom licenses by holding that the first-come-first-served policy was illegal and unconstitutional. The bench had held that all natural resources should be allocated through auction.

The government had on April 12 moved the Reference signed by President Pratibha Patil.