The Delhi government has told the High Court that its proposal to provide free travel for transgender persons on Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) and cluster buses is at an “advanced” stage and is awaiting Cabinet approval.
The submission was made in an affidavit filed by the Joint Commissioner of the Transport Department before a single-judge Bench of Justice Amit Sharma during the hearing of a contempt petition. The plea sought initiation of civil contempt proceedings against the government for “wilful disobedience” of an October 2022 Division Bench order directing the authorities to decide within four months on a representation seeking recognition of the transgender community as a “third gender” in bus tickets and the extension of free travel.
