By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad,July 9: The AP High Court on Thursday censured the transport department for causing agony to a couple whose vehicle was seized.
The court was dealing with a case in which one Mr B. Phanidra Reddy’s car was seized when he was driving his wife to her home in Vijayawada from Bengaluru.
The petitioner told the court that an assistant motor vehicle inspector seized his vehicle near Vijayawada. He requested the officer to keep the documents and let him take his wife to her house. However, his request was turned down.
Mr C.V.R. Rudra Prasad, counsel for the petitioner, told the judge that when his client approached the deputy transport commissioner office in Vijayawada, the authorities told him to pay Rs 1 lakh as life tax to AP, since the vehicle was registered in Karnataka.
When Mr Reddy asked why he has to pay the tax which he had paid in Bengaluru, the authorities alleged that the vehicle was plying in the state for the past one month.
Mr Prasad contended that his client had reached Vijayawada only on June 23 and he was in Bengaluru on June 19.
To prove his claim, Mr Prasad produced a challan which the policemen had issued to Mr Reddy in Bengaluru on June 19 for parking in a no-parking zone. A fuel bill was also submitted to substantiate his claim.
Justice Goda Raghuram, who was hearing the case, warned the authorities not to do dadagiri on citizens.
He asked the authorities to release the vehicle. He said if they had the power to detain the vehicle, they must prove it by 2.15 pm on Friday.
The judge warned that the authorities will be fined heavily if they did not comply.
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