ssp 1 WP (L) 1827 of 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (L) NO.1827 OF 2011 Mumbai-Pune Taxi Owners’ Association .....Petitioner versus Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Transport Authority and Ors. ..... Respondents Mr.Phiroz Puniwala i/by Mr.Y.R.Shah, for the petitioner. Mr.D.A.Nalawade, Govt. Pleader, for respondent Nos.2 to 4 and 7. Mr.Bhavik Manek i/by Wadia Ghandy and Co., for respondent No.5. Ms.S.V.Bharucha and Mr.Vinod Joshi, for respondent No.8. CORAM: P.B.MAJMUDAR & R.M.SAVANT, JJ. DATE: 03 rd OCTOBER, 2011 P.C. 1. This petition is filed by the Mumbai-Pune Taxi Owners’ Association and it is prayed that the Association may be permitted to ply the taxi’s of their members from Mumbai Airport, as the passengers who directly want to go to Pune from the Airport, may be allowed to avail of such service from the Airport. Till date, such facility was not made available to the passengers and the passengers were required to go out of Airport area and thereafter, to engage a taxi for going to Pune. 2. The learned Govt. Pleader after taking instructions in the matter, states that the State Government has decided to give such permission to the said Association, provided proper care is taken by the ssp 2 WP (L) 1827 of 2011 Taxi Owners’ Association by giving details, such as name of the taxi driver and the number of the taxi, so that proper precautions can be taken and untoward incidents may be avoided. 3. The learned counsel for respondent No.5 on instructions, submits that appropriate area will be made available to the petitioner- Association, if it gives proper details about the number of taxies that would be parked around the airport area. He further states that if the respondent No.5 needs further information from the petitioner, the same will be communicated to the petitioner-Association. On petitioner’s giving proper information to the respondent No.5, appropriate decision in this regard may be taken by the respondent No.5 expeditiously and within a period of four weeks from today. The petitioner Association may also provide the requisite information to the Police regarding the name of the taxi driver and the number of taxi, as well as any other information which the police need. 4. The respondent No.5 to provide the necessary area to the Mumbai-Pune Taxi’s by taking all the precautions in consultation with the Police. 5. In view of what is stated above, the writ petition is disposed of. 6. Needless to state that the concerned authority is required to ssp 3 WP (L) 1827 of 2011 see that the Taxi service is not restricted to a particular type of vehicle, but the need of the passengers and the comfort should be kept in mind while permitting the particular types of vehicle to ply between Mumbai-Pune. ( R.M.SAVANT, J. ) ( P.B.MAJMUDAR, J. )