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$-25 HIGH COURT OF DELHI
W.P.(C)6211/2016
AMIT SAHNI Petitioner
Through: Mr.Amit Sahni,Advocate with Mr.Vaibhav Mishra,Advocate
Through: Mr.Ripudaman Bhardwaj,CGSC with Mr.Jitendra Kr.Tripathi,CGP and Mr.T.P. Singh,Advocate for respondent No.1/UOI
HON'BLE MS.JUSTICE SANGITA DHINGRA SEHGAL
20.07.2016
ORDER
1. The instant petition filed as a Public Interest Litigation under Aticle 226 of the Constitution ofIndia seeking a direction to the respondents to frame guidelines so as to ensure that the private Airlines companies would not charge their customers arbitrarily,exorbitantly or irrationally.
2. We have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned counselforthe respondentNo.1,who appeared on advance notice.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that there is no cap on charging of airfare by private Airlines companies from its customers and many times these companies charge the customers arbitrarily, irrationally and exorbitantly even in emergency/tragic situations like 'Jaat Agitation' and in flood situation in Chennai last year. The learned counsel further submits that there is an urgent need to regulate the upper limit ofairfare so 2016:DHC:8826-DB I ♦- 7-. that the private Airlines cannot fleece their customers according to their own wishes.
4. Havingregard to the nature of the allegations made in the petition, we are of the view that the issue sought to be raised by the petitioner deserves considerationinthe first instance by theMinistry of Civil Aviation.
5. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to the respondent No.l to consider the issues raised by the petitioner treating this writ petition as a representation and pass an appropriate order in accordance with law within eight weeks from today. Such order be communicated to the petitioner andin case it is necessary, the petitioner is at liberty to file a fresh writ petition.
CHIEF JUSTICE JULY 20,2016lradhika A D SEHGAL, J