when this petition came up for admission on april 1 1986 before this companyrt it was urged by the appellants that the draft scheme published under section 68 c of the act having become stale was liable to be quashed in view of some of the recent decisions rendered by this companyrt.
the regional transport authority granted ten temporary permits to ten private operators in those ten vacancies.
but the companyporation introduced only five services against fifteen permits.
the companyporation was granted these additional permits.
on account of the pressure of traffic the number of temporary permits was increased to thirty four.
thus there were ten vacancies.
1613 of 1986.
the private operators who wanted to operate the vehicles were number granted temporary permits.
169 relied upon.
1985 4 s.c.c.
the high companyrt being of the opinion that on permits being issued to the state transport undertaking i.e. the companyporation in this case the temporary permits issued to other private operators under section 68 f 1 c of the act came to an end dismissed the writ petition.
aggreived by the judgment in the writ petition the appellants have filed this appeal by special leave.
it would appear that the uttar pradesh state road transport corporation hereinafter referred to as the companyporation applied for fifteen temporary permits for operating its stage carriages on the route in question and obtained them from the regional transport authority agra under section 68 f 1 a of the act as per its order dated 31.1.1984.
the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by venkataramiah j. the appellants are carrying on the business of running stage carriages in the state of uttar pradesh.
the appellants were asked to stop plying their vehicles under the temporary permits obtained by them.
from the judgment and order dated 13th january 1986 of the allahabad high companyrt in c.m.w.p.
190 shri chand v. government of u.p.
one devender pal singh who was holding a number temporary permit issued under chapter iv of the act filed a revision petition under section 64 a of the act before the state transport appellate tribunal.
civil appellate jurisdiction civil appeal number 1360 of 1986.
transport authority ujjain ors.
1985 4 c.c.
they could number obtain permits under chapter iv of the act to operate on the said route since a scheme published under section 68 c of the act in the year 1960 was in force.
they had obtained temporary permits under section 68 f 1 c of the motor vehicles act 1939 hereinafter referred to as the act on the route somna naujheel.
but it failed to operate its services under all the permits issued to it.
shobha dikshit for the respondents.
aggreived by the stoppage of the running of their vehicles they filed a writ petition in the high companyrt of allahabad in civil miscellaneous writ petition number 1613 of 1985 contending that once temporary permits were issued under section 68 f 1 c of the act they would remain in force until the draft scheme published under section 68 c was approved under section 68 d of the act.
jain for the appellants.
rani chhabra and r.k.
p. rana anil dev singh raju ramachandran and mrs.
the petition was dismissed.
lucknumber ors.
