MUMBAI: In the wake of the alleged rape of a 27-year-old woman by an Uber cab driver in Delhi, the Maharashtra Government has decided to ban web-based taxi services in the state."Orders have been issued to the Transport Commissioner to stop all the web-based cab booking services. He will take the required action immediately. Now, it is only a matter of time before the order is implemented by the Commissioner," Transport Secretary S K Sharma told PTI here today.The move comes after the state government received Centre's advice to ban all web-based taxi services, he said."We have taken the decision to ban the web-based taxi services after due consideration," Sharma added.The alleged rape incident in the national capital had taken place on Friday night when the victim, who works for a finance company in Gurgaon , was heading back to her home in north Delhi's Inderlok area. Shiv Kumar Yadav , who was driving the Uber cab, had sexually assaulted the woman.Following outrage over the incident, the Delhi government had banned Uber and all web-based cab booking services which had not taken any regulatory approval from the transport authorities.