Illegal Money Lenders in Mumbai City

MUMBAI TAXIMEN SANGATHAN

www.mumbaitaximen.org  email: mumbaitaximen@gmail.com

Most Urgent/Time Bound

17-04-2012

The Registrar

Money lending for Mumbai City,(I)

Malhotra House, 6^th Floor,

Opposite CST Railway Terminus,

Mumbai

Reference: Public Interest Litigation (L) No. 19 of 2012

Subject: Additional Information related to Money Lenders

Sir,

As per the above mentioned reference & subject matter, we are submitting the copies of the trade certificates to you, which are issued by the Regional Transport Office, Central, Tardeo, Mumbai without the money lending, shop & establishment license or as per the circular issued by the Transport Commissioner to all the Regional Transport Officers/Dy. Transport Officers in the state of Maharashtra vide circular No.  No. MVR0904/CR-560/2(4)/Outward No.14366 dated 26 July 2007.

In these trade certificates, we found that how one person is running end numbers of illegal money lending firms in the Dadar (E) Area? It is pertinent to note that the RTO central had issued the trade certificate to the firms which have address at Malad & Wadala and the RTO Central has no jurisdiction to issue such certificates. It is further pertinent to note that the RTO central had issued the Trade Certificate to the Mumbai Taximen Union, which has no provision in their constitution of the Union and against the law?

We would again like to draw your attention that RTO, Central officials are willfully and deliberately scamming and cheating the taximen at large and issuing trade certificates without implementing the circular of Transport Commissioner. It is further pertinent to note that as per my information the RTO officials are changing the Hypothecation to other credit co operative societies or institutions every day.

If your office really wants to discover the real facts or expose the nexus between the illegal money lenders, credit cooperative societies, Trade Union/Associations, corrupt officials of RTO’s and Taxi Permit Mafia in the city of Mumbai then you have to take the possession/check the records of the RTO’s as well as original registration books of the vehicle along with the hypothecation agreements with immediate effect.     

We are enclosing the copies of the above mentioned circular of the Transport Commissioner dated 26 July 2007, what procedure is to be adopted before issue the Trade Certificate to the financial institutions/banks/cooperative or credit cooperative societies or others and the copies of the trade certificate register maintained by the RTO, Central, Mumbai for your kind perusal and immediate necessary action.

We also request you not to give any advance notice before any search or raid to any money lender otherwise again they remove the papers.  We would also like to inform you that several criminal complaints had been filed against few money lenders with the Bhoiwada Police and the Sahar Police Station but they are not ready to take any step till date.

Please acknowledge the receipt this letter along with the enclosures. 

Thanking you,

Faithfully yours,

Petitioner in Person

Enclosed: As above

Copy to:

1.      The Chief Minister, Government of Maharashtra

2.      The Transport Minister, Government of Maharashtra

3.      The Principal Secretary, Transport, Mantralya, Mumbai

4.      The Transport Commissioner, State of Maharashtra

              For Information & necessary action please