HYDERABAD: Chennai customs department based on specific intelligence intercepted a consignment of IP TV set top boxes imported from china by Hyderabad based company. According to commissioner of customs III Rs. 1.48 crore worth of IP TV set top boxes belonging to Tera Software Limited for supplying to Andhra Pradesh government’s pet project Ap fibre net.The project is prestegious one for AP Chief Minister N Cahandrababu Naidu On investigation , it was found that the Tera Software Limited sought to circumvent BIS ( Bureau of Indian Standard ) Certification Requirement for their imported goods by misdeclaring them as Android Box for gaining internet access and claiming that their imported goods did not fall under the purview of BIS.The matter was taken up with BIS authorities. Under the mandatory BIS Certification scheme, the licensed foreign manufacturer shall manufacture equipments in accordance with Indian Standard. One of such equipments is set top box which should comply with the Indian Standard 2010 for safety requirement. They confirmed that the standard which defines safety requirements of various IT equipments including all types of Set Top Boxes (STB) is applicable to the importer goods under reference.As the imported IP Set Top boxes are found not complied with mandatory BIS certification requirement for Indian Standard 2010, the consignment valued at Rs. 1.48Crore has been seized by customs under the provisions of the customs Act, 1962.