Mumbai: The Bombay Excessive Courtroom on Tuesday, to test their bona fide, directed two Talegaon-based businessmen to deposit Rs 3 lakh earlier than it hears their public curiosity litigation (PIL) difficult toll prices on the Mumbai-Pune part of the Mumbai-Bangalore Freeway.

A division bench of Justices SV Gangapurwala and RN Laddha directed Milind Achyut and Avinash Bodke to deposit the quantity in two weeks.

Their PIL, filed by advocate Pravin Wategaonkar, contends that the toll assortment violates the provisions of the Nationwide Highways Payment Guidelines, 2008, as per which there must be a minimal distance of 60 km between two plazas on the identical part and similar course of a nationwide freeway.

The space between Varsoli (Lonavla) plaza and Somatane (Dehu Street) plaza is a few 31 kms, on the nationwide freeway 48 (Mumbai-Bangalore), states the plea.

Toll plaza violation of guidelines and laws

The principles additionally prohibit the institution of a toll plaza inside 5 km of a municipal or city space restrict. Somatane Plaza is a few 3.5 kms from Limb Phata of Talegaon Dabhade Municipal Company.

The plea highlights “the general public harm to 1000’s of car customers paying tolls the place restitution will not be attainable.”

The PIL has urged that the institution of Somatane Plaza be declared unlawful. It has additionally been sought that the authorities be restrained from the gathering of tolls until the petition is set.

Wategaonkar had earlier filed two PILs difficult toll assortment on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway. The judges stated the petitioner ought to fairly intervene within the PIL and make the identical prayer there.

Nevertheless, Wategaonkar stated the petitioners are residents of Talegaon and their explanation for motion is completely different.

The judges then requested the businessmen and socio-political activists to deposit the quantity in two weeks to check their bona fides.

The HC has stored the PIL for listening to on November 14.