Wednesday , Dec 16, 2009
If you fancy a fleet of cars parked in front of your house, be ready to shell out more as taxes.
The Delhi Traffic Police has told the High Court that it favours levying additional taxes on those who own more than two vehicles. In a submission before the High Court, the department said it is mulling stricter taxation rules to keep a check on the number of vehicles — fast spiralling out of control and severely adding to the city's traffic problems.
The traffic department's counsel, Vikas Pahwa, told a Special Bench comprising Chief Justice A P Shah and Justices S Muralidhar and S Ravinder Bhatt that the suggestions have already been submitted to the Delhi government for consideration and suitable action.
Pahwa told the Bench that putting on hold registration of vehicles is the first step "to ease out traffic on roads". He told the court: "For those who have more than two vehicles registered in their names, we are planning to slap more taxes in the form of road tax, parking charges, area pricing and other such taxes."
He said the stringent norms are necessary since about 30 per cent vehicles on Delhi roads are cars, and two-wheelers constitute 62 per cent.
The Bench said the government should consider the change in regulations governing taxes for vehicles.
The court was hearing a petition by the NGO Manushi, which said the court's order and MCD's policy of banning cycle rickshaws from main arterial roads and Chandni Chowk was arbitrary and violated fundamental rights of rickshawpullers. The Bench reserved its verdict and asked the civic body's counsel to submit the written arguments in a week's time.
The government had earlier suggested the introduction of biometric badges for cycle rickshawpullers, and also adopting different colour codes for each city zone.
Original Article sourced from http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/traffic-cops-mull-extra-tax-for-those-owning-more-than-two-vehicles/554612/
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