Notice to airport officials in taxi case

Justice M Duraiswamy, while hearing a plea by Chennai Airport Prepaid Meter-Taxi Owner-Driver Union, directed the authorities to file their reply in four weeks.

The union submitted that they were paying about Rs 14 lakh per month towards rent for parking their vehicles in the airport premises here and also royalty charges to the Airport Authority. 

The Airport Authority had issued a letter to the union on September 8stating that they are proposing to facilitate operation of Ola and Uber services inside the terminal for passenger pick ups. 

Stating that the airport authorities have not followed the principles of natural justice while taking the decision to sub serve the commercial interest, the union contended that its members would incur severe loss as the considerable income on a day to day basis was taken away by these app based operators.