Prashant Shekhar Singh v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. of Transport Lko. and 2 Others
Road tax refund – Hybrid electric vehicles
Case brief
What is this about?
Refund of road tax paid on hybrid electric vehicle; State of U.P. Transport Department; Government decision dated June 28, 2024 exempting Hybrid electric, Strong hybrid, Plug-in hybrid, Series hybrid and Series parallel hybrid electric vehicles from road tax; direction to refund within six weeks; no interest payable; writ tax petition disposed of by Division Bench (Saraf and Shukla, JJ.) on March 16, 2026.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with a direction to respondent authorities to refund the road tax amount paid by the petitioner within six weeks, without interest. ¶15