Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 1: In a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by law students Satyam Arora and Aavin Kumar Chadgal seeking direction to the respondents to abolish the Toll Plaza situated at Sarore, Division Bench of High Court comprising Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Rajesh Bindal today issued notice to Union Secretary, Ministry of Transport & Highways, National Highway Authority of India through its Chairman and Regional Officer Jammu & Kashmir Division NHAI to show cause as why the petition be not admitted to hearing.
During the course of hearing, the petitioners drew the attention of DB towards Section 8 of the National Highway Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008, which read: “Any other Toll Plaza on the same section of national highway and in the same direction shall not be established within a distance of 60 kilometers”.
“The distance between the Sarore Toll Plaza and Ban Toll Plaza is approximately 37.04 kilometers as such the respondents have violated its own rule”, the petitioners submitted.
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