Government is looking at taking away penalising powers from Department of Telecom (DoT) and give this authority to sector regulator Trai.DoT officials, under fear of allegation of their conniving with telecom operators for lowering penalty, directly impose the maximum penalty that can be levied on service providers. The maximum penalty on telecom service provider can go up to Rs50 crore and Rs5 lakh in case of radiation rules violation.”It has been around two to two and half years about excessive penalty that department has been imposingon operators. I have been wanting to change their mindset but unfortunately it hasn't changed. May be the best way forward is to go give that power to Trai," Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said on sidelines of a CII event.