Motor Vehicles Act Section 103 — Issue of permits to State transport undertakings
CHAPTER VI SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO STATE TRANSPORT UNDERTAKINGS
Civil
Summary
Sub-section (1) states that when a State transport undertaking applies for a stage carriage permit, goods carriage permit, or contract carriage permit for a notified area or notified route, as part of an approved scheme, the appropriate transport authority must issue that permit. The State Transport Authority handles the application if the area or route spans more than one region, while the Regional Transport Authority handles it in all other cases. This requirement applies regardless of any conflicting provisions in Chapter V of the Act.
Sub-section (2) allows the State Transport Authority or the Regional Transport Authority, as applicable, to take certain actions to implement the approved scheme for a notified area or notified route. Under clause (a), the authority may refuse to consider any new application for another permit, or reject any such application that is already pending. Under clause (b), the authority may cancel any existing permit. Under clause (c), the authority may change the terms of an existing permit, which includes making the permit ineffective after a specified date, reducing the number of vehicles allowed under the permit, or limiting the area or route covered by the permit to the extent it relates to the notified area or notified route.
Sub-section (3) clarifies that no appeal can be made against any action taken or order passed by the State Transport Authority or any Regional Transport Authority under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2).
Official Text
(1) Where, in pursuance of an approved scheme, any State transport undertaking applies in such manner as may be prescribed by the State Government in this behalf for a stage carriage permit or a goods carriage permit or a contract carriage permit in respect of a notified area or notified route, the State Transport Authority in any case where the said area or route lies in more than one region and the Regional Transport Authority in any other case shall issue such permit to the State transport undertaking, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Chapter V.
(2) For the purpose of giving effect to the approved scheme in respect of a notified area or notified route, the State Transport Authority or, as the case may be, the Regional Transport Authority concerned may, by order,—
(a) refuse to entertain any application for the grant or renewal of any other permit or reject any such application as may be pending;
(b) cancel any existing permit;
(c) modify the terms of any existing permit so as to—
(i) render the permit ineffective beyond a specified date;
(ii) reduce the number of vehicles authorised to be used under the permit;
(iii) curtail the area or route covered by the permit in so far as such permit relates to the notified area or notified route.
(3) For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that no appeal shall lie against any action taken, or order passed, by the State Transport Authority or any Regional Transport Authority under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2).