(1) Any person aggrieved by an order passed under section 7 of this Act may, within thirty days of the communication of that order, appeal to the appellate authority.
(2) The appellate authority may, after giving reasonable opportunity of being heard to the appellant and the authority, pass such an order either rejecting the appeal or accepting the appeal, as in the circumstances of the case it may deem fit.
(3) The decision of the appellate authority on the appeal shall be final and shall not be questioned in any court excepting the High Court of competent jurisdiction.
9. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against any person authorised to act or for anything done or purporting to have been done in good faith under this Act or the rules made thereunder.
10. No civil court shall have jurisdiction in any matter which the State Government or any other person or authority is empowered by this Act or the rules made thereunder to dispose of or take 1 Substituted for words and sign “three thousand rupees.” by Punjab Act No. 2 of 2006, Section 5 2 Added by Punjab Act No. 2 of 2006, Section 5 3 Substituted for words and sign “lodging the complaint.” by Punjab Act No. 2 of 2006, Section 6 4 Added by Punjab Act No. 2 of 2006, Section 6 Complaints.
Appeals.
Bar to proceedings.
Exclusion of jurisdiction of civil court.
cognizance of, and regarding the manner in which the State Government or such person or authority exercises any power vested in it or him by or under this Act or the rules made thereunder.
11. The State Government may, by notification, make rules, consistent with this Act, for securing the levy and collection of toll and generally for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
Power to make rules.
THE FIRST SCHEDULE [See section 2(c)]
(i) Railway Over Bridge at Morinda.
(ii) Neelon Bridge on Sirhind Canal, on Chandigarh-Ludhiana Road.
(iii) Chandigarh-Kurali Via Parole Road-Parole Bridge.
(iv) Tanda Sri Hargobindpur Bridge on Beas river.
THE SECOND SCHEDULE [See section 2(g)]
(i) Chandigarh-Ludhiana road.
(ii) Ropar-Nawanshahar-Phagwara Road.
(iii) Hoshiarpur-Jalandhar Road.
THE THIRD SCHEDULE (See section 3)
SCHEDULE OF RATE OF TOLL TO BE RECOVERED FROM THE USERS OF THE FACILITY Serial No.
Particulars of vehicles Maximum rate of fee charged per trip for a bridge Maximum rate of fee per KM charged per trip for a road 1 Motor Cycle, Scooter or any other two wheeler mechanically propelled vehicle Nil Nil 2 Motor Car, Taxi, Jeep, Pickup Van Station Wagon, Tempo, Auto- Rickshaw, Three- Wheeler Scooter or other auto driven light vehicles with or without trailer Rs. 30.00 Re. 1.00 3 Bus, Truck and other heavy vehicles including trucktrailer combination laden with goods/passengers unloaden Rs. 100.00 Rs. 2.50 4 Other Mechanically propelled vehicles not mentioned above like mobile crane dozers, earth movers road roller, etc.
Loaded/Unloaded Rs. 150.00 Rs. 4.00 1[Note: - For a road project as defined under section 2 of this Act, where both road and bridge(s) form a part thereof, the maximum rate of fee to be charged shall be determined as derived by adding the maximum fee for such road and bridge(s), as given in the above table.]
1 Added by Punjab Act No.2 of 2014, Section 5