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2022 Supreme(Mad) 599

R.SURESH KUMAR
Madurai District Private Bus Owners Association Rep. by its Secretary – Appellant
Versus
Union of India Rep. by its Secretary Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways, New Delhi – Respondent


Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner:M. Palani, Advocate.
For the Respondent: R. Sankaranarayanan, Additional Solicitor General assisted by S. Sivakumar, Standing counsel, C. Arul Vadivel @ Sekar, Standing counsel.

Table of Content
1. writ petitions challenge multiple notifications. (Para 1 , 2)
2. some writ petitions deemed infructuous. (Para 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 8 , 9)
3. petitioners argue against user fees based on frequent highway use. (Para 12 , 18 , 20 , 22 , 25)
4. argument relating to distinction between fee and tax. (Para 36 , 42 , 46 , 90)
5. court acknowledges need for fee modification for public buses. (Para 80 , 84 , 112)
6. court dismisses writ petitions but allows modification of fee structure. (Para 118)

ORDER :

(Prayer in W.P.(MD).No.15449 of 2020 : Writ petition filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India praying for issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records of the first respondent made in Notification bearing S.O.No.2382(E), published in the Government of India Gazette, dated 05.07.2019 by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, New Delhi, for collection of the user fee in respect of section Trichy – Thuvarankurichi – Melur – Madurai, which forms part of NH45B and quash the same and direct the 1st and 2nd respondents to collect the user fee, as

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