Gurgaon expressway free for four more days
21 Sept 2012 8:16 AM IST
In a major relief to south Delhi Municipal Corporation [SDMC], Punjab and Haryana High Court has ordered Delhi Gurgaon Super connectivity Limited [DGSCL] to collect toll tax from commercial vehicles on behalf of SDMC from 6 pm on Thursday.
The private vehicles, however, will continue to enjoy the free ride, as the court extended the ban on collection of toll fee for another four days. The court also appointed former Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court, Mukul Mudgal, as local commissioner to inspect the area and submit a report on implementation of de-congestion plan by the concessionaire, by Monday.
Expressing happiness on the verdict of the court, SDMC commissioner Manish Gupta said the corporation was facing major loss due to misinterpretation of the order by the concessionaire, DGSCL.
‘In its original order, the High Court has banned collection of toll fee, which is collected by the concessionaire as development charge of the Gurgaon toll plaza and expressway for a particular period. While toll tax is collected by municipal corporation from all the commercial vehicles at all the entry points of Delhi. The court has upheld our contention,’ said Gupta.
The corporation had also served a notice to the DGSCL, demanding a fine of Rs 4.15 crore, to recover the financial losses suffered by it.
‘We are consulting our legal experts to realise the amount from Delhi-Gurgaon express ay operators,’ said B N Singh, Acessor and Collector of SDMC.
According to an estimate, the corporation was losing Rs 24 lakh per day. The court has also fixed four dedicated lanes for commercial vehicles on the toll plaza to collect the toll tax.
The division bench comprising acting Chief Justice Jasbir Singh and Justice R K Jain also directed the concessionaire to implement the provisions submitted by it to de-congest the expressway by Sunday.
Justice Mudgal will report the HC if the concessionaire has implemented the de-congestion plan, as it has been submitted before the high court.
Earlier on 4 September, after pulling up the expressway operator for failing to put an end to the chaos at the toll plaza, the HC had barred toll collection on the stretch till 20 September.
Now the case would come up for further hearing on Tuesday. Directions were also issued to National Highway Authority of India [NHAI], DGSCL and the Haryana government to sit together and come out with some logical solution of the problem.
The direction to stop toll fee collection came after the Gurgaon traffic police informed the court that the concessionaire was responsible for the chaos at the expressway, because it had not hired enough staff to deal with the traffic.
The private vehicles, however, will continue to enjoy the free ride, as the court extended the ban on collection of toll fee for another four days. The court also appointed former Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court, Mukul Mudgal, as local commissioner to inspect the area and submit a report on implementation of de-congestion plan by the concessionaire, by Monday.
Expressing happiness on the verdict of the court, SDMC commissioner Manish Gupta said the corporation was facing major loss due to misinterpretation of the order by the concessionaire, DGSCL.
‘In its original order, the High Court has banned collection of toll fee, which is collected by the concessionaire as development charge of the Gurgaon toll plaza and expressway for a particular period. While toll tax is collected by municipal corporation from all the commercial vehicles at all the entry points of Delhi. The court has upheld our contention,’ said Gupta.
The corporation had also served a notice to the DGSCL, demanding a fine of Rs 4.15 crore, to recover the financial losses suffered by it.
‘We are consulting our legal experts to realise the amount from Delhi-Gurgaon express ay operators,’ said B N Singh, Acessor and Collector of SDMC.
According to an estimate, the corporation was losing Rs 24 lakh per day. The court has also fixed four dedicated lanes for commercial vehicles on the toll plaza to collect the toll tax.
The division bench comprising acting Chief Justice Jasbir Singh and Justice R K Jain also directed the concessionaire to implement the provisions submitted by it to de-congest the expressway by Sunday.
Justice Mudgal will report the HC if the concessionaire has implemented the de-congestion plan, as it has been submitted before the high court.
Earlier on 4 September, after pulling up the expressway operator for failing to put an end to the chaos at the toll plaza, the HC had barred toll collection on the stretch till 20 September.
Now the case would come up for further hearing on Tuesday. Directions were also issued to National Highway Authority of India [NHAI], DGSCL and the Haryana government to sit together and come out with some logical solution of the problem.
The direction to stop toll fee collection came after the Gurgaon traffic police informed the court that the concessionaire was responsible for the chaos at the expressway, because it had not hired enough staff to deal with the traffic.
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