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No toll on DND road: Allahabad HC

In a verdict that may bring relief to millions of commuters in the National Capital Region (NCR), the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday ruled no toll tax would be collected from those using the 9.2-km, eight-lane Delhi-Noida Direct (DND) flyway.The division Bench comprising Justice Arun Tandon and Justice Sunita Agarwal passed the order while allowing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by the Federation of Noida Residents' Welfare Association.The PIL, filed in 2012, had challenged "levy and collection of toll in the name of user fee by Noida Toll Bridge Company".The high court had on August 8 reserved its verdict on the plea.The judgment upheld the concession agreement but held the two specific provisions relating to levy and collection of fee to be inoperative and has directed the company to stop collecting the user fee thereby making the facility toll free.In a more than a 100-page verdict, the court held, "The user fee which is being levied/realised is not supported by the leg