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PETITIONER: A. S. T. ARUNACHALAM PILLAI
Vs.
RESPONDENT: M/S. SOUTHERN ROADWAYS (PRIVATE) LTD.
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 29/04/1960
BENCH: IMAM, SYED JAFFER BENCH: IMAM, SYED JAFFER SINHA, BHUVNESHWAR P.(CJ) SARKAR, A.K. SUBBARAO, K. SHAH, J.C.
CITATION: 1960 AIR 1191 CITATOR INFO : R 1963 SC 64 (7)
ACT: Motor Vehicles-Stage carriage Permits, variation of- jurisdiction of Regional Transport Officer-State Government’s Power of revision-Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (4 Of 1939), as amended by the Madras Act, 20 Of 1948, ss. 44A, 64A.
HEADNOTE: The question for decision in this appeal was whether the Regional Transport Officer under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, as amended by the Madras State Legislature, had the power to vary the terms of a stage carriage permit granted under that Act. The appellant, holder of a stage carriage permit, applied on July 19, 1954, to the Regional Transport Officer for a variation of the route specified in his permit. The Regional Officer after hearing objections rejected the application. The appellant applied to the State Government for revision of the order under s. 64A of the Act and the Government after hearing objections set aside the order of the Regional Transport Officer and granted variation of the permit as sought for. Against this order the respondent moved the Madras High Court under Art...