Leading telecom operators, including Bharti Airtel and Vodafone, would have to deposit with the Supreme Court half of the 470-crore rupees carrier charges they owe to state-owned BSNL. The apex court said today that the amount in the Supreme Court registry and then only the TDSAT's order will be stayed. A bench comprising Chief Justice S H Kapadia and Justice K S Radhakrishnan told COAI and AUSPI, the two operators lobbies, which have challenged the sectoral tribunal TDSAT's order. The court was hearing two petitions filed lobby groups– COAI and AUSPI challenging the TDSAT order which set aside adirective of telecom sector regulator TRAI to pay carriage charges to BSNL on a uniform rate of 20 paise a call for completing intra-circle calls.BSNL levies carriage charges for forwarding calls originating from private telco networks to its own network. The court also directed members of COAI, including Vodafone and Aircel to submit affidavits having their due towrdas BSNL. The benchsaid, each of the operator would indicate the exact amount which according to them, they have to give.