Taxation officers would be deployed as ‘spotters’ at toll plaza and toll collection points (TCPs) at the entrance of Haryana to avoid the evasion of tax by buses.
The State Excise and Taxation Commissioner Sudhir Rajpal on Tuesday directed deployment of taxation officers as ‘spotters’ at toll plaza and TCPs at the entrance of Haryana. Rajpal who was presiding over a meeting to review the passenger tax collection in the State at New Delhi on Tuesday said that these spotters would record the number of buses not paying tax at the TCPs and would inform the checking team of neighbouring district on the route regarding nonpayment of passenger tax by such vehicles.
Rajpal also directed that the neighbouring districts should share information and coordinate with each other while conducting road side checking. He directed that systematic barricades should be laid on highways to apprehend those buses which try to avoid being captured by CCTV cameras installed at TCP, Kundli in district Sonipat.
Apart from this, photography system should be used for preparing database in this regard so that actual number of buses could be ascertained.He also directed to obtain the data of commercial vehicles registered in the office of the District Transport Officer and reconcile the same with the record of the office.
The Excise and Taxation Commissioner made it clear that the district bordering other States would be responsible for checking and collection of tax pertaining to buses plying on inter-State routes.He said that officials posted at TCP would collect tax of single side only in order to avoid confusion to checking staff.