haryana transport policy 2010 (english) - Government of Haryana

3HARYANA TRANSPORT POLICY-2010Objective :All the routes in the State were nationalized in the year 1970. HaryanaRoadways was the sole operator for providing passenger transport to the public ofthe State till the year 1993. For the first time, the State Government introduced aprivate bus service scheme with a view to augment passenger transport facilityand also to provide employment to the unemployed youths of the State in the year1993. Thereafter, another private bus service scheme was introduced in the year2001 known as Bid Money Scheme. However, the Hon’ble Punjab & HaryanaHigh Court struck down the Bid Money Scheme vide judgement dated 2.12.2008 inCWP No. 17112/2002. Bid Money Scheme allottees cannot be given preferencebecause they got their routes on the basis of maximum financial bid and thisprinciple of allotment on the basis of financial bidding has been struck down by theHon’ble High Court and the Bid Money Scheme itself has been rendered null and‘bad in law’.A person who was an allottee of a ‘bad in law’ scheme cannot begiven any preferential treatment. Any such move would be against the spirit andletter of the Hon’ble High Court order dated 2.12.2008.The population of the State has increased by almost 20% since theintroduction of the private bus scheme in the year 1993. There has also been anumerical growth and geographical dispersal of new institutions and centres ofeconomic, social and educational importance e.g. engineering colleges, newagriculture marketing centres. These developments led to not only an increase inthe demand for public transport but also for many new routes to ensure easyconnectivity. However, the fleet strength of Haryana Roadways has not increasedproportionately to fully meet with the growing passenger demand. Therefore, inorder to provide an efficient, adequate, economical, properly coordinated reliableand safe transport to the public specially in the rural area, the State Governmentproposes to introduce Haryana Transport Policy, 2010 which shall aim atmeeting the large growth and the increased diversity in the demand for public