All the necessary arrangements should be made for redressal of traffic challan cases through virtual court: Chief Secretary Mr. Jain

Raipur, 17 February 2022/ Chief Secretary Mr. Amitabh Jain chaired a meeting of senior officers from various departments and directed them to ensure proper arrangements for the proceedings of traffic challan cases through virtual court, as per the instructions of the Chief Justice of High Court Chhattisgarh. Director General of Police Mr. Ashok Juneja, Principal Secretary Law Department Mr. Ramkumar Tiwari, Secretary Home Department Mr. Dhananjay Devangan, the officers of other departments and State Bank of India attended the virtual meeting.
Chief Secretary said that Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court has given instructions to ensure availability of all the resources at the earliest for the speedy action on traffic challan cases through virtual courts in all the districts of the state. Chief Secretary has directed the officers concerned to gather information about the agreements made with the banks of the states, where traffic cases are being resolved in the virtual courts. He also directed the officials to identify the banks in Chhattisgarh that are willing to install POS machines on minimum charges, and to receive the proposals in the context from such banks. In the meeting, Director General of Police gave detailed information about the preparations being made by Police Department for redressal of cases through virtual courts. He informed that necessary training would be provided to the police officers in this regard. In the meeting, Commissioner Transport held necessary discussion with the representatives of the bank regarding virtual settlement of cases of traffic challans and digital payment.
It was also informed in the meeting that in Chandigarh and Madhya Pradesh, this system is being implemented in collaboration with various banks. Mr. Jain has directed the officials to submit a copy of the agreement between these states and the banks, copy of the Chhattisgarh Government’s agreement with the banks in this regard, and to provide detailed information of the proposal received by the banks to the I.T. Committee of the High Court.
It is worth mentioning that the High Court of Chhattisgarh has given instructions to start the proceedings of traffic challan cases in all the divisional headquarters of the state through virtual courts. And preparations have been started in Raipur divisional headquarters, as per the instructions of the High Court. Traffic challan cases are being settled through POS machines. The process of settlement of digital challan cases will soon be started in Rajnandgaon, Durg, Bastar and Sarguja divisions as well. Additional Director General of Police Mr. Pradeep Gupta, Director Institutional Finance Mr. Sheetal Shashwat Verma, Hon’ble High Court Nodal Officer Mr. Chouhan, Regional General Manager State Bank Mr. Rao and other senior officers were present in the meeting.