Violations of terms & conditions of the Call Taxi Scheme 2010 by the “BOOK MY CABS”

MOST URGENT

25^th May 2013

To

The Transport Commissioner,

Maharashtra State,

4^th Floor, Administrative Building,

Kherwadi Bandra East,

Mumbai

Subject: Violations of terms & conditions of the Call Taxi Scheme 2010 by the “BOOK MY CABS”

Sir,

We would like to draw your attention that your office introduced several schemes for the Taxi Trade as under:

1.       Fleet Taxi Scheme 2006

2.       Call Taxi Scheme 2010

3.       Phone Fleet Taxi Scheme 2010

But your office is always busy to amend in the scheme as per the whim and wish of the beneficiary of the scheme not to the Taximen. You may check your records and found that how your officials issue licenses to any one after violating the conditions of the scheme. It is pertinent to note that till date three existing fleet taxi companies have not fulfilled their conditions but your office is sleeping and willfully & deliberately not ready to take any action against the following fleet operators as under mentioned:

1.       Mega Cabs

2.       Easy Cabs

3.       Meru Cabs

It is pertinent to note that now your office is keep mum on the following companies, who are violating the Motor Vehicle Act and running the meter radio taxi as under:

1.       OLA Cabs

2.       Meru Plus  & many more

In the similar manner, now the BOOK MY CAB had violated the terms of the Call Taxi Scheme 2010 and your offices is keep mum and allow them to exploit the poor taxi men at large under the scheme:

a)      They are taking vehicles under the scheme more then 5 years but condition is only two years old vehicle will join this scheme.

b)      The company is not paying any RTO fee, BMC & other Government taxes on their own publicity on cabs.

c)       The company is charging the cost of the installation of GPS from the taximen under the scheme & also switching the GPS system to Mobile GPS.

d)      The company is charging the 10% share from the fare provided by the company.

e)      The company is not ready to provide any social benefit to the taximen.

We request you once again to conduct the time bound enquiry about the conditions of the scheme and take necessary action against them and protect the interest of the taximen at Large, failing which we have no option to approach the Hon’ble High Court as usual because your non action on any complaint/intimation or violation of any conditions of the scheme.

Thanking you,

Faithfully yours,

For Mumbai Taximen Sangathan

Sanjay Khemka

General  Secretary