We faujis travel a lot, and while doing so, cross many a Toll Barriers, which have sprung in rather large numbers. We always have an incident or two, where the person manning the toll-payments is clueless and forces you to pay up. The long line of vehicles behind you compounds the problem, and you, in order to save time, pay and move.
Well, to solve the confusion…here is are the answers :-
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PAY TOLL-TAX on nay Toll Barrier under the aegis of NHAI (National Highway Authority of India).
YOU HAVE TO PAY TOLL-TAX on the DND Flyway.
Links / References :-
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Delhi High Court Decision on the Toll Exemption and also the clarification about Toll Tax on the DND Flyway - http://delhicourts.nic.in/Mar07/COL.%20T.%20PRASAD%20VS.%20UOI.pdf
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS letter of 2003 clarifying the position - http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dcw9z9xh_102fskmbphs
Legally correct letter by an ex-fauji lawyer written to the Indian Army to clarify the position on the subject - http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dcw9z9xh_1008pz295ck
Tribune India Article - http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060925/cth2.htm#8
So next time, travel safe…travel clear !
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