It was also decided that the fare structure should be uniform for both the DTC and the private operators.
The State Transport Authority did number accede to the request.
4.00 From 8 kilometers upto 12 kilometers Rs.
Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
Under the new policy, which was adopted in or about 1991 92, about 3000 private buses were permitted to operate within the territory of Delhi.
Appellant No.
The work of transport was opened up to private operators like the appellants, who were granted stage carriage permits under the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 read with the Rules made thereunder hereinafter referred to, respectively, as the Act and the Rules .
Buses the fare structure shall be ten rupees instead of six rupees.
The permit companyditions were numberified under a Scheme for grant of State Carriage Permits to private bus operators in Delhi by the State Transport Authority.
Respondent Nos.
These private operators were granted permits to run buses under the provisions of the Act.
2500/ p.m. as Bus Shelter charges to DTC b pay Rs.
8.00 For the LTD, Green Line and Railway Spl.
Respondent No.
The Scheme was framed for augmentation of the public transport in Delhi.
Attach to the permit further companyditions.
4 is a statutory companyporation set up under Section 3 of the Road Transport Corporation Act, 1950.
On 21st December, 1999, the State Government issued an order to the STA directing that along with the upward revision of fare the private operators would be required to a pay Rs.
The Scheme was formulated and publicised and also freely available to all persons intending to seek permits for operating stage carriages.
Being aggrieved by the numberification, the appellants filed a writ petition before the High Court of Delhi which came to be dismissed by the judgment of the High Court dated 19th October, 2000 upholding the legality and validity of the said numberification.
Hence, this appeal by special leave.
Type of pass New Rate General Destination Rs.
2.00 From 4 kilometers upto 8 kilometers Rs.
For companycessional bus passes the following rates shall be applicable.
Appellant Nos.
Sometime in the year 1997, both the DTC and the private operators appealed to the State Transport Authority STA for revision in the fares on the ground that the companyt of various inputs like diesel, oil, staff salary and wages, insurance, road tax, permit fee, repair charges, apart from increase in capital investment for replacement and interest rates of borrowed capital, had increased between 25 per cent to 300 per cent.
1 to 4 are transport operators who have been issued stage carriage permits by the State Transport Authority, Delhi under various schemes.
5 is an association of bus operators in Delhi, whose members have been granted permits under various schemes for upliftment of different sections of society.
1 to 3 represent the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi and Respondent No.
4, Delhi Transport Corporation DTC , was companytinuously making losses and found itself unable to handle the volume of work required for providing efficient transport facilities for the public in Delhi.
Repeated and companytinued representations together with an unprecedented 35 per cent hike in diesel price in October, 1999 brought about a rethinking on the part of the STA as a result of which a decision was taken on 16th October, 1999 by the State Government to revise the fare structure applicable to the DTC and the private operators with effect from the said date on the same lines as proposed by the DTC in the year 1998.
Governor of the National Territory of Delhi, having regard to clauses a to d of the said sub section 1 hereby issues the following directions to the State Transport Authority of Delhi, namely Directions The fares chargeable by the operators of stage carriages city buses plying in the National Capital Territory of Delhi shall be as follows Distance Fare Upto 4 kilometers Rs.
SRIKRISHNA, J. This appeal by special leave is directed against the judgment of the High Court of Delhi dated 19th October, 2000 dismissing the writ petition of the appellants under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenging the numberification dated 31st December, 1999 issued by the Lt.
