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| 9/15/2009 01:30:00 PM |
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New Delhi, Sep (EPC News): The Delhi High Court dismissed a public interest petition yesterday challenging the collection of Airport Development Fee (ADF) from departing passengers at Delhi and Mumbai airports. |
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The division bench comprising Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Manmohan said, "We find no irregularities attached to the imposition of ADF. The companies running the two airports i.e. Delhi International Airport Ltd and Mumbai International Airport Ltd have obtained the centre's permission for that.''
It added that stopping the airports from collecting the fee would frustrate the government policy of involving private participation in the sector. The public interest litigation had challenged the fee saying it placed an ''undue burden on travelling public''. It also challenged the government's decision to delegate the power of collecting the fee to private operators.
However, the court said that because both DIAL and MIAL manage the airports under a statutory government lease, they have the same right as state-run Airports Authority of India (AAI) to levy such a fee. |
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