The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the Delhi Chief Secretary and the State Transport Commissioner on a contempt of court petition by a non-government organisation alleging that that they had violated the Court orders allowing plying of other vehicles in the BRT corridor till disposal of a petition for opening up the dedicated bus carriageway for three-wheeler and four-wheeler traffic as well. The petitioner, non-government organisation Nyaya Bhoomi, submitted that despite the Court orders of May 30 and July 5 that the trial-run of vehicles other than buses would continue in the corridor till disposal of the petition, the Government had disallowed those vehicles from entering into it. A Division Bench of the Court comprising Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw asked the two senior officers to file replies to the petition by August 8, the next date of hearing. The Bench also issued notices to the Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS) seeking its reply to the contempt petition. The DIMTS operates the BRT corridor. The experiment of allowing other vehicles to ply in the corridor was conducted by the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) on a direction by the Court on the petition filed by the non-government organisation. The CRRI has already submitted its report to the High Court saying, among other things, that the traffic in the corridor was found smooth when other vehicles were allowed to ply in it along with buses. The Delhi Government has opposed the move to open up the corridor for other vehicles saying that “if any other vehicles are allowed in the BRT corridor, no bus will be able to reach designated platform for proper embarkation and disembarkation of passengers.” The Court will hear arguments for and against allowing other vehicles to ply in the corridor on August 13 and 14. Government had disallowed other vehicles from entering dedicated bus carriageway of the BRT corridor despite court orders