Nagpur: Once a violator and never to reform, or so it seemed from the thin attendance at the Lok Adalat held on Saturday. Ranjit Deshpande (name changed) was summoned to the Lok Adalat to settle unpaid fine for speeding on Bhandara Road. Though Deshpande appeared before the traffic court of judicial magistrate first class (JMFC) JM Agnihotri, he refused to pay the fine. He argued that when there was no speed caution board, how can the traffic police issue him a challan for speeding? Deshpande was not the only one who cried foul on being issued a challan. There were several other violators who too felt that the challan issued to them was “not right”. Many traffic violators returned without paying the fine amount. Another motorist pointed out that he too was challaned for speeding on Amravati road. “I received a text message from the traffic police to appear before the motor vehicle court on December 11 to pay the pending e-challan for speeding,” he said and sought to know about the non-existent speed warning signboard. “When there are no boards, how can traffic police issue such challans?” he said. Many violators expressed anguish after they were not allowed to contest their e-challan before the JMFC. Ramesh, who did not wish to reveal his full name, said the entire process of conducting Lok Adalat is an eyewash. “Lok Adalat is being organized to settle cases, but we are not allowed to speak and instead directly asked to pay the fine imposed by the traffic police,” he said. He was summoned to the court for five pending traffic challan cases. A person who was penalized twice for riding a two-wheeler without helmet on the same day, said, “Both the e-challans were issued within a gap of one hour.” In both the challans, the traffic police imposed Rs500 additional cost for disobedience of orders. The Lok Adalat was held from 11am to 5pm to settle the payment of pending traffic penalties and notices. Though the traffic police had issued notices for appearance before the Lok Adalat to over 2.17 lakh violators who defaulted traffic fines in the last six months, special fine collection counters were also opened at the 10 traffic zones across the city. As many as 2,496 traffic challans were disposed of during the Lok Adalat, said traffic police. The department also received Rs11.9 lakh fine from the violators. The traffic police had also conducted special nakabandi across the city from November 25 to December 10 to recover fines. During the drive, 25,571 violators paid Rs1.19 crore in fines.