Whenever terminals sought some increase in rate, the Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP) reduced the rate. When Gateway Terminals approached the authority for an increase in February, TAMP ordered a rate cut of 44.3% ; and, when Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal Private Limited sought permission for an increase in the rate, TAMP notified a rate cut of 27.9%. The Terminals first approached the Delhi High Court which could not hear their appeal since the terminals were not located in Delhi but in Mumbai. The terminals, therefore, filed a petition in Mumbai High Court seeking stay on the order of rate deductions. Mr. Dinesh Lal, Chairman of Gateway Terminals India Private Limited, said: “We have got an ad-interim stay from the Mumbai High Court on Monday. The ad-interim stay means that we can bill customers on old tariffs till the matter is decided by the court.”
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