Judgment

A. S. ANAND, J.

( 1 ) WE have perused the letter from Shri Bhure Lal dated 3/1/2001 and heard the learned Amicus Curiae.

( 2 ) WE do not agree that there is any ambiguity in our order dated 29/4/1998 with regard to diesel run vehicles being uses as taxis. Our directions of 29/4/1998 which were required to be strictly enforced inter alia were that unless diesel run vehicles, being used as taxis, conform to euro-II norms, the same shall not be registered in National Capital Region (NCR), which impliedly meant that such taxis shall also not ply in the National Capital Region.

( 3 ) AT the request of the learned Amicus, we reiterate that all diesel run vehicles, being used as taxis, must conform to Euro-II emission norms for plying in the National Capital region. The drivers of such taxis must carry a certificate from the concerned registration authority to the effect that the vehicle being used as a taxi conforms to Euro-II emission norms. That certificate shall be displayed on the windscreen or any other prominent part of the vehicle. Those diesel vehicles which do not conform to Euro-II norms shall not be plied as taxis and disobedience of this direction may lead to certain p