Limit red beacon use to just 5 top posts, solicitor-general says

NEW DELHI: India could be moving to an era of just five of country's top constitutional authorities - namely the President, vice-president, Prime Minister, chief justice and Speaker of Lok Sabha - using red beacons in the wake of the prevailing mood against such VIP culture. What could force the government into such a pruning is an unusually frank legal opinion given by the solicitor general Mohan Parasaran.

In response to the four options suggested by the road transport on who should be entitled to have red beacon on their official vehicles, the SG has recommended that he personally feels that restricting the use to only five dignitaries is actually in "conformity" with the original thinking of the Supreme Court as expressed during oral argument. However, he has opined that limiting the present list of dignitaries by excluding constitutional functionaries such as chairman of Union Public Service Commission and chairman of SC/ ST Commission will be sufficient compliance of the Supreme Court orders to limit the VIP culture.

Sources said that in one of it options the ministry has proposed that many dignitaries including deputy ministers at Centre, chairman of Central Board Direct Taxes (CBDT), chief commissioner of Income Tax, members of Planning Commission and Cabinet secretary should be excluded from the list. This is option no-2 while the option-3 is for only five constitutional authorities.

Giving his view, which the Centre can consider option-3 from "policy prospective" in view of prevailing situation, the SG has written, "We cannot also be oblivious to the prevailing situation in the country and the sentiments of the people with regard to the usage of red beacon and also voluntary acts of some high dignitaries including chief ministers of some states openly declaring that they would not use Red Beacon any more."

He has opined that the third option is not necessarily mandated by the SC. Parasaran has said that the ministry in consultation with the Prime Minister's Office and the Cabinet as well as other appropriate agencies may consider whether it is desirable to amend the Motor Vehicle Rules notification more than what is required beyond the second option.

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