A bench of justices G S Singhvi and V Gopala Gowda said the conversations were tapped five years back but government authorities remained idle and questioned whether they were waiting for the court's order to act.
"The tapping was done five years ago, what have they (government authorities) done so far? Were they waiting for court's order?,"the bench asked.
"It is not a happy situation that action will be taken only after court's order," the bench said.
The apex court has asked the income tax department, which intercepted the telephones of Radia, to name the officials who listened to the conversation.
The top court also asked whether the officials who listened to the conversations alerted their superiors about the disclosure of crime in the conversations.
The court asked IT department to produce original files containing authorization to intercept conversations of Radia and the follow up action taken.
The bench directed the IT department to comply with its order by August 6 when the matter will be taken up for further hearing.
The conversations were recorded as part of surveillance of Radia's phone on a complaint to the finance minister on November 16, 2007 alleging that within a span of nine years she had built up a business empire worth Rs 300 crore.
The government had recorded 180 days of Radia's conversations — first from August 20, 2008 onwards for 60 days and then from October 19 for another 60 days. Later, on May 11, 2009, her phone was again put on surveillance for another 60 days following a fresh order given on May 8.
(With inputs from PTI)
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