Levy of Tolls on Vehicles Entering Mamallapuram Town Panchayat, Kancheepuram District for Certain Period under the Indian Tolls Act
The Government of Tamil Nadu, through the Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department, issued G.O. (Ms.) No. 149 on 20 October 2015 to levy tolls for the financial year 2015-2016 on specified motor vehicles entering or passing through Mamallapuram Town Panchayat. The notification also exempts non-commercial motor vehicles owned by residents of the Mamallapuram Town Panchayat area.
What the notification does
G.O. (Ms.) No. 149, issued by the Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department on 20 October 2015, sets vehicle tolls for the financial year 2015-2016. The tolls applied when specified motor vehicles entered or travelled through Mamallapuram Town Panchayat in Kancheepuram District.
The Governor of Tamil Nadu imposed the tolls under the Indian Tolls Act, 1851, as amended by the Tamil Nadu laws identified in the notification. A second notification under the same government order created an exemption for certain vehicles owned by local residents.
Vehicles and toll rates
The Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department notification specifies the following tolls:
- Two-wheelers and scooters, Rs. 10.
- Tourist buses, Rs. 50.
- Tourist cars, Rs. 40.
- Tourist vans, Rs. 40.
- Privately owned cars or jeeps, Rs. 40.
The source states that these rates were for the financial year 2015-2016. It does not state that the rates continue beyond that financial year.
Exemption for Mamallapuram residents
G.O. (Ms.) No. 149 also states that no toll is payable for the passage of a non-commercial motor vehicle owned by a resident of the Mamallapuram Town Panchayat area. The exemption applies when that vehicle enters or passes through the town panchayat.
The notification ties the exemption to both the nature and ownership of the vehicle. It must be non-commercial and owned by a resident of the Mamallapuram Town Panchayat area.
Who is affected
The toll notification affected motorists using the listed vehicle classes to enter or travel through Mamallapuram Town Panchayat during the financial year 2015-2016. Visitors using tourist vehicles or privately owned cars, jeeps, two-wheelers or scooters were within the listed classes.
Residents of Mamallapuram Town Panchayat were affected differently because their non-commercial motor vehicles were exempt. The notification concerns vehicle tolls and does not set out any change to land ownership, property boundaries or land use.
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Common questions
Did Mamallapuram residents have to pay this toll for their own vehicles?
No toll was payable for a non-commercial motor vehicle owned by a resident of the Mamallapuram Town Panchayat area when entering or passing through the town panchayat.
What was the toll for a private car or jeep?
The notified toll for a privately owned car or jeep was Rs. 40 for the financial year 2015-2016, subject to the resident exemption.
Did the notification apply only to vehicles entering Mamallapuram?
No. It applied to the listed motor vehicles that entered into or travelled through Mamallapuram Town Panchayat.
Does this notification establish the current toll rates in Mamallapuram?
The source establishes toll rates only for the financial year 2015-2016. It does not state that those rates remain in force after that period.
