New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought response from the Andhra Pradesh government on a plea filed by the owners of Sakshi TV alleging the television channel's blackout in the state was guided purely by political considerations. The channel was promoted by former chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and his wife is its current chairperson. It approached the court through its holding company Indira Television Private Limited and a whole time director claiming that AP State Fibernet Limited , a state-owned distribution firm, was directed to take the channel off air after the Chandrababu Naidu government came to power last year. Following this, threats were issued to multi service operators to stop beaming the channel, the plea claimed. A bench of justices PS Narasimha and AS Chandurkar issued a notice to the state and the MSOs and posted the matter after three weeks. "Issue notice on the prayers for interim relief and writ petition," the court said. Senior advocate V Giri appearing with advocate Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki for the petitioner said, "We cannot function in the given circumstances. The state cannot do this."...