The Supreme Court today said it will consider extending its August 31 deadline given to complete the process of fresh auctioning of 2G spectrum cancelled licenses only if government gives an undertaking that its judgement would be implemented.

In an application filed by the Telecom Ministry, the government said it needed time till November 12 to start the auction and another 40 days to complete the procedure and allocate licenses and spectrum. The application said that the entire exercise would be completed in three months and 23 days. The court had earlier extended its original June 2 deadline to August 31, 2012, refusing to grant 400 days to the government to complete the process of fresh auctioning.

It had also said the existing licenses for the 2G spectrum will continue to be operational till September 7,2012. The apex court in February had cancelled 122 licences for the 2G spectrum and had directed their fresh auctioning by June 2.