Overview

• Justice K. Sarath issued notice to the transport commissioner, Legal Metrology and others, and listed the case for October 16.
• The Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union asks the state to fix and notify uniform fares under Section 67 and to ensure installation and verification of taximeters under Section 74 read with the Legal Metrology Act, invoking Section 96 for enforcement rules.
• The petition alleges aggregators impose excess charges under labels such as surge fees, peak-hour charges and congestion fees, and says taxis rely on GPS without verified, visible meters.
• Senior counsel L. Ravichander appeared for the union with counsel Mohammed Absar Ahmed, and the matter was filed as a regular writ rather than a PIL because the association has a direct stake.
• TGPWU cites an unimplemented 2022 state order on fare regulation and contrasts its demands with 2025 central guidelines that permit dynamic pricing.