High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCWP/214/2018disposed of

School Van Public Welfare Society (Regd.) v. State Of Punjab And ORS.

2018-10-25Mr. Justice Krishna Murari1 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT

CHANDIGARH CWP No. 214 of 2018 Date of decision : 25.10.2018 School Van Public Welfare Society (Regd.) ....Petitioner V/s The State of Punjab & ors.

....Respondents BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA

Present:

Mr. Rahul Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Sahil Sharma, DAG Punjab.

RAJAN GUPTA J.

Petitioner seeks a direction to the State to look into its grievance for the purpose of Tax Exemption under the Safe School Vahan Vehicle Scheme. Reply by way of affidavit of Dilraj Singh, State Transport Commissioner, Punjab has been filed in court. Learned State counsel submits that by way of notification Annexure R1 issued on 19.01.2015, State has already increased the rates of ordinary taxi cars up to 1000 CC from `7/- to `10/-. He further submits that in case petitioner files representation, the matter shall be reconsidered by respondent no. 2 and a decision shall be taken within six weeks after affording opportunity of hearing to the petitioner.

In view of statement made by State counsel, no further direction is necessary. Petition is hereby disposed of. October 25, 2018 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE Whether speaking/reasoned:

Yes/No AJAY KUMAR 2018.10.26 18:22 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document Whether reportable:

Yes/No