The Haryana Government told the Delhi High Court on Thursday that inconvenience caused to commuters on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway was bringing a bad name to the State and sought termination of the concession agreement between Delhi-Gurgaon Super Connectivity limited (DGSCl) and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
Justice Manmohan Singh posted the hearing for July 31. "Haryana desires and expects an early solution to the source of insurmountable inconvenience and harassment to citizens and commuters causing huge line of traffic and obstructing smooth flow of business hindering economic development of the area," the State said.
The Haryana Government seeks to be impleaded as a party in DGSCl's plea to restrain NHAI from taking any coercive action against it, including termination of the contract to operate the expressway. The State Government, in its plea filed by advocate Manjit Singh, has also sought removal of the two toll plazas at the expressway or else termination of concession agreement on the ground of concessionaire's event of default with a one-time termination payment of Rs 118 crore. It has also sought that the court may allow a proposal of the Haryana Government to acquire project rights under political event under a particular clause after which the state shall bear the liability of Rs 385.5 crore on account of termination payment.
It also said that only one toll plaza be allowed after a 61 km-stretch. The State Government told the court that the present concessionaire of the Gurgaon-Jaipur six-lane project has also consented to the arrangement proposed by the Haryana Government.