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HC asks Chandigarh adviser to consider bus operators’ plea seeking relaxations
The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday asked the UT adviser to consider the plea of the Chandigarh School Bus Operators Welfare Association within two months, seeking exemption from motor vehicle tax and extension of the permissible life span of school buses owing to the financial hardships faced by them during the Covid-19 period
The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday asked the UT adviser to consider the plea of the Chandigarh School Bus Operators Welfare Association within two months, seeking exemption from motor vehicle tax and extension of the permissible life span of school buses owing to the financial hardships faced by them during the Covid-19 period.
HC acted on the plea of bus operators, who had told court that the school buses were off- road for most of the past two years on account of various Covid related restrictions. Earlier, the Chandigarh administration issued notifications exempting the operators from the tax upto December, 2020. Since the situation still continued to be grim for them, tax exemption should be extended, the association’s counsel, Ranjivan Singh, had told court. The plea was disposed of as UT’s counsel submitted that matter was being considered by the administration.
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