DND Flyway: Can sealed cover report be made public, SC asks CAG

The CAG today told the Supreme Court that it had no objection in making public its report on the Noida Toll Bridge Company's claim that the total cost of the Delhi-Noida Direct (DND) flyway project has not been recovered.

The report is currently in a sealed cover.

"Is there any objection in making the report public," a bench of Justices Madan B Lokur, S Abdul Nazeer and Deepak Gupta asked the counsel for the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG).

The lawyer said they had no objection if the report was made public.

"You file an affidavit saying so," the bench said and posted the matter for hearing next week.

The top court was hearing the Noida Toll Bridge Company Ltd's (NTBCL) challenge to Allahabad High Court's October 26, 2016 order which had said that no toll would be collected henceforth from the commuters using the 9.2 km-long eight-lane flyway.

During the hearing, the NTBCL counsel referred to the top court's order of April 3 this year and contended that court had observed that the CAG's report should be kept in a sealed cover.

"You (NTBCL) are not giving full information to the CAG," the bench observed, adding "You have not given all the information which the CAG wants. What is to be done?"