The court of special judicial officer (SJO) Deepak Raj issued the summons. “We’re expecting a good number of violators and will clear the backlog once and for all,” a court official said.

The special traffic court, set up this year, has been functioning since July. It was given the responsibility of clearing 30,000 pending traffic challans. In the six-and-a-half months of its functioning, the court has cleared 29,000 challans.

With fresh cases pouring in daily — the court clears over 200 challans daily — the court aims to dispose off the remaining cases registered under the Motor Vehicle Act.

Majority of these challans were issued for driving without wearing seat belts and helmets.

“In case people fail to get their challans cleared within the stipulated period, the SJO’s court will issue warrants,” the court official added. “The court is even empowered to impound vehicles.”

If the fine is paid at the traffic police’s office in Sector 29, the amount ranges between Rs 300 and Rs 5,000 per offence. But the court takes a lenient view and imposes the minimum possible penalty, a reason why violators prefer to get their challans cleared from the court, the official said.

DSP (traffic) Vijay Kumar, “Around 1 lakh challans are issued by the traffic police every year. Majority of the violators get them cleared from the court.”