Written by: Anupam Bhagria
2 min readLudhianaApr 30, 2010 02:14 AM IST
First published on: Apr 30, 2010 at 02:14 AM IST
Following yesterday’s drive by the district transport office and traffic police against 150 illegal autorickshaws,the Autorickshaw Workers’ Federation held a meeting with Deputy Commissioner Rahul Tiwari and District Transport Officer (DTO) Ashwani Kumar on Thursday.
Kulbir Singh Khalsa,president of the federation,said: “We clarified that issuing challans against autorickshaws is a violation of the stay orders of Punjab and Haryana High Court. The hearing in an ongoing case in this regard is scheduled for May 3. It is not justified to take action against the autorickshaws till the court gives its decision.”
Ashwani Kumar,however,said: “We are not challenging the stay orders of the High Court. Issuing challans to illegal autorickshaws is my inherent power and we will continue our campaign. The court did not ask us not to challan an illegal vehicle.”
Meanwhile,Khalsa said,“The Federation will safeguard the rights of all auto owners and will honour the decision of the High Court.”
The srate Transport department ordered the district administration to stop plying diesel autos from May 1. But the district Autorickshaw Workers’ Federation succeeded in getting a stay order from the Punjab and Haryana High Court on March 15. The next date of hearing in the case is May 3.
The DTO further said: “We tried to convince the autorickshaw owners to switch over to LPG,but they are adamant to run the vehicles on diesel.”
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