HC summons Shimla DC, SP over car parking in auto-free zone
PTI | 12:01 PM,Jan 12,2012Shimla, Jan 11 (PTI) Taking serious note of illegal parking of tourist vehicles in Shimla's auto-free zones on New Year's Eve, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has summoned top administrative and police officials. The bench comprising Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjay Karol directed Shimla Deputy Commissioner and SP to appear in the court on January 13 with record regarding permissions granted to motorists to park vehicles on sealed and restricted roads. "We were shocked to find that on New Year's Eve, vehicles were parked on the sealed and restricted areas...Not only this, vehicles were also parked in the core area of Shimla town from Shimla Club to the Lift. In fact, there was double parking on this road and on enquiry, we were told that some orders have been passed by the DM and SP, permitting the tourists to park their vehicles in these areas," it said. Taking note of the orders passed by the district administration for permitting parking, the bench said, "This power of relaxation is not even available to the state as far as the core Mall Road area is concerned. If the state does not have the power to relax the provisions for the core Mall Road area, we fail to understand how the DM or the SP could have relaxed the provisions of the Act and granted permission to the tourists to park their vehicles in the core Mall Road area." "It is expected that the officials, especially the DM and the SP, enforce the law and it is not expected that they should themselves start violating the law," it said. In its earlier order in the same petition, dated December 30, the court had questioned plying of vehicles belonging to Army on restricted routes, without valid permits. PTI PCL AVT
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