REMOVAL OF CHECK-POSTS ON NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

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LOK SABHA

Some State Governments have erected check-posts within the ‘right of way’ of National Highways to collect taxes. Details are as below :-

S.No.	States	No. of locations	Nature of Taxes
1.	Assam	92	Sales, Excise, Forest, Agriculture, Municipal and Law & Order
2.	Delhi	5	Entry tax
3.	Gujarat	8	Commercial
4.	Himachal Pradesh	6	Excise Tax
5.	Karnataka	13	Commercial, Forest, Excise and Law & Order
6.	Kerala	9	Sales, Road Tax and forest check posts
7.	Manipur	36	Commercial, Octroi, Forest, Excise and Law & Order
8.	Meghalaya	24	Commercial, Octroi, Forest, Excise, Law and Order and Royalty (distt. Councils)
9.	Orissa	107	Commercial, Octroi, Forest, Sales, Municipal
10.	Rajasthan	9	Commercial, Municipal
11.	Uttaranchal	20	Forest, Sales Tax
12.	Uttar Pradesh	16	Trade Tax

As per extant policy of the Government, erection of check-posts/barriers on National Highways within the ‘right of way’ is not permitted. However, the State Governments may erect tax collection barriers outside the ‘right of way’ on National Highways, with prior permission of the Central Government.

The matter for removal of such check-posts/barriers falling within the ‘right of way’ on National Highways has been taken up at various levels including Chief Ministers of the concerned States.

This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Road Transport and Highways, Major General (Retd.) B.C. Khanduri in reply to a question of Shri Vilas Muttemwar in Lok Sabha yesterday.