MUMBAI: The Maharashtra govt as of late informed the Bombay high court it would take nine weeks to make a decision whether toll must be accrued at the Mumbai-Pune Express Highway because it was waiting for a record from the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC).
A department bench of Justices A S Oka and Riyaz Chagla was listening to public passion litigations (PILs) filed through four activists looking for that the right of the contractor, Mhaiskar Infrastructure Private Limited, to gather toll at the parkway be revoked.
According to the petitions, the contractor has already recovered the price of the venture as in step with its settlement with the state authorities and, regardless of that, it continues to gather toll, thereby making "wrongful gain".
Last July, the state govt had knowledgeable the high court that the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) had initiated a discreet inquiry into the allegations.
The court had, earlier this month, directed the ACB to produce sooner than it files referring to the inquiry and also sought to know from the government and MSRDC if it has taken any resolution on whether the toll must proceed to be accrued at the parkway.
Government pleader Abhinandan Vagyani as of late submitted the inquiry files in a sealed record.
"The MSRDC's remark on whether or not toll should be collected is expected in three weeks. The government, after receiving the remark, would take a final decision in six weeks thereafter," Vagyani stated.
The bench posted the petitions for further listening to on July 2.
According to the pleas, the contractor has recovered Rs 2,869 crore that it was entitled to and was now making wrongful good points through proceeding to gather the toll.
In March 2017, the petitioners had complained to the ACB to initiate motion against public servants, concerned individually and collectively, for failing to revoke the contractor's right to gather toll even after the final touch of the reduced in size toll source of revenue.
When the ACB didn't take any motion, the activists petitioned the high court in April that year.
A department bench of Justices A S Oka and Riyaz Chagla was listening to public passion litigations (PILs) filed through four activists looking for that the right of the contractor, Mhaiskar Infrastructure Private Limited, to gather toll at the parkway be revoked.
According to the petitions, the contractor has already recovered the price of the venture as in step with its settlement with the state authorities and, regardless of that, it continues to gather toll, thereby making "wrongful gain".
Last July, the state govt had knowledgeable the high court that the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) had initiated a discreet inquiry into the allegations.
The court had, earlier this month, directed the ACB to produce sooner than it files referring to the inquiry and also sought to know from the government and MSRDC if it has taken any resolution on whether the toll must proceed to be accrued at the parkway.
Government pleader Abhinandan Vagyani as of late submitted the inquiry files in a sealed record.
"The MSRDC's remark on whether or not toll should be collected is expected in three weeks. The government, after receiving the remark, would take a final decision in six weeks thereafter," Vagyani stated.
The bench posted the petitions for further listening to on July 2.
According to the pleas, the contractor has recovered Rs 2,869 crore that it was entitled to and was now making wrongful good points through proceeding to gather the toll.
In March 2017, the petitioners had complained to the ACB to initiate motion against public servants, concerned individually and collectively, for failing to revoke the contractor's right to gather toll even after the final touch of the reduced in size toll source of revenue.
When the ACB didn't take any motion, the activists petitioned the high court in April that year.
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