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Allahabad High Court (Division Bench), WRIT TAX No. 333 of 2025, Savita Tomar v. State of U.P. and 2 others; counsel: Madhav Jain for petitioner, C.S.C. for respondents; order dated 5.2.2025; coram Arun Bhansali, Chief Justice and Kshitij Shailendra, J. Petition regarding exemption from road tax for hybrid electric vehicles and refund of road tax paid, disposed of on the footing that the issue is squarely covered by Parth Agarwal v. State of U.P. & 3 others, Writ Tax No. 1264 of 2024 (decided 13.8.2024), in which the Court, relying on the Government decision of June 28, 2024 exempting Hybrid, Strong hybrid, Plug-in hybrid, Series hybrid and Series parallel hybrid electric vehicles from road tax, had directed refund of the road tax paid within six weeks without interest. Keywords: road tax exemption; hybrid electric vehicle; strong hybrid; plug-in hybrid; series hybrid; series parallel hybrid; refund of road tax; six weeks; no interest; writ tax; Uttar Pradesh; Parth Agarwal.