panaji travel and tourism association ttag along with goa chamber of commerce and industry gcci and tourism stakeholders have filed a writ petition in the high court seeking direction to the government to implement its decision to make digital meters compulsory for tourist taxis in june 2015 the transport department had issued a notification making it mandatory for the 15000odd tourist taxis in goa to install gpsenabled digital meters the decision however was subsequently kept on hold due to an agitation by tourist taxi operatorsthe petitioner said that the implementation of the rules has been deferred from time to time through notifications whereas on november 11 2016 the government issued a notification keeping in abeyance the implementation of amended rule 140 goa motor vehicles amendment rules 2015 requires motor cabs to be fitted with fare meters every motor cab plying in the state of goa shall be fitted with a fare meter of digital type with printer and global positing system gps tracking device approved by the state transport authority from the date of notification the rules were notified on december 4 2015the petitioners submitted that ttag members had approached the government requesting it to implement the rules in the interest of tourism in goa the petitioners said that keeping the said amended rule 140 in abeyance is not only illegal and without authority of the law but it will also perpetuate the damage already caused to industries in goa by its delayed enforcement this action of the government petitioners pointed out was wholly illegal arbitrary unjustified unreasonable bad in law perverse and unconstitutional as the same is in direct contravention of article 14 of the constitution of indiathe petitioners comprising businessmen and traders from goa are majorly affected by the nonimplementation of the amended rule 140 visitors to goa whether tourists or traders find it difficult to commute unless they use motor cabstaxis operated in an unprofessional manner and charge exorbitant fees