Traffic offenders dodging fines may land in court HYDERABAD: If there is any pending traffic e-challan against you, pay up fast lest you may have to appear in court. The Hyderabad police would soon issue notices to all traffic rule violators, who have pending e-challans against them. However, this time, cops would take extra caution to get the acknowledgment signed by the recipient. After getting the notice, he/she would have a weeks time to pay the fine and, if an offender does not comply, a chargesheet will be filed in court against such a person, police sources said. In the past three years, the Hyderabad police had issued over 35 lakh e-challans and realised fine of over Rs 30 crore. However, due to various reasons, several e-challans remained unpaid and police have now, decided to launch a special drive to get these traffic violators fall in line. According to the traffic police, about 15 lakh e-challans have not been paid in the past two years. We have decided to focus on pending e-challans, especially from the past two years. In a fortnight, we will start issuing notices to the offenders. If they do not respond in a weeks time, we will file a chargesheet in a local court, Hyderabad traffic deputy commissioner of police (DCP) (II) Hyderabad AV Ranganath told TOI. Recently, traffic police data was linked to the Regional Transport Authority (RTA) database. Now, we have latest data pertaining to all vehicle owners. We can target the offenders who are reluctant to pay e-challans, especially during the past two years, Hyderabad additional commissioner of police (CP) (traffic) Jitender said. Police have also initiated a dialogue with the judiciary about filing chargesheets against traffic offenders who have not paid their fine even after receiving notices. Traffic policemen claim that like drunken drivers, those not responding to e-challan and violating traffic rules repeatedly, are liable to be summarily tried and, in worst cases, a repeat offender could also face imprisonment. Police have also identified that out of the 15 lakh pending e-challans, about 60,000 belong to vehicles not registered in Greater Hyderabad area. So, as majority of offenders, who have been issued e-challans reside in the city, police hope that the crackdown would yield good results. For graf In 2012, 12,04,705 e-challans were issued and Rs 10.08 crore fine collected In 2013, 12,08,019 e-challans were issued and Rs 11.13 crore fine collected Till November 30, 2014, 11.02 lakh e-challans issued and Rs 10.01 core fine collected
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 10:07:27 +0000
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