IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
M. NAGAPRASANNA
Karavali Bus Owners Association – Appellant
Versus
Udupi Sasthana Tollway Private Limited – Respondent
ORDER :
M. NAGAPRASANNA, J.
The 1st petitioner/Karavali Bus Owners Association (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Association’ for short) and other bus operators of Mangalore and Udupi Districts are at the doors of this Court calling in question an order dated 01-02-2025, by which the representation of the Association comes to be rejected, confirming debit adjustment charges made towards movement of buses of the Association in the toll plazas. A consequential prohibition is sought against the 3rd respondent not to deduct any additional toll charges from FASTag wallet account of the petitioners.
2. Sans details, facts in brief, are as follows:-
The petitioners claim to be existing stage carriage permit holders operating in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Districts. The grievance of the petitioners is that, the stage carriages operated by them move through Hejamadi and Sastana toll plazas among others. It is their allegation that, the fare that will be charged on every trip of each vehicle should be taken into consideration on the laden weight of the vehicles, which is between 7,500 and 12,000 Kgs. insofar as mini vehicles are concerned. The further allegation is that the aforesaid two toll pla




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