The Allahabad High Court has directed the refund of road tax levied from a woman resident of Ghaziabad for her hybrid car.
The Division Bench of Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Vikas Budhwar passed this order while hearing a petition filed by Megha Bhargava.
Counsel for the parties submitted that the issue as raised in the petition is squarely covered by order in Parth Agarwal v State of UP & 3 others, decided on 13.8.2024 wherein a similar nature of petition has been allowed by the Court.
The Court noted that,
In the case of Parth Agarwal (Supra), a Co-ordinate Bench of the Court, inter-alia, observed and directed as under:
“Ankur Agarwal, Standing Counsel submitted that the Government has now taken a decision on June 28, 2024 with regard to granting exemption from road tax to Hybrid electric vehicles, Strong hybrid electric vehicle, Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, Series hybrid electric vehicle and Series parallel hybrid electric vehicle.
In light of the same, it is clear that the amount paid by the petitioner for road tax was exempted.
Accordingly, respondent authorities are directed to refund the amount paid by the petitioner within a period of six weeks from date.
We make it clear that no interest shall be payable to the petitioner on the said amount.
With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of.”
In view of the submissions made, the High Court disposed of the writ petition filed by the petitioner in the light of similar directions as given in the case of Parth Agarwal (Supra).