The petitioners companytend that they were operating their respective services on January 14, 1973 when Ordinance No.
that under sec 16 of that Act, as operators running vehicles on January 14, 1973, they were eligible for temporary permits, that they obtained temporary permits in pursuance thereof and, therefore, they are entitled to operate their services, numberwithstanding the fact that the Act No.
12 of 1973 has been declared invalid by the High Court, as they cannot get any puoca or temporary permits from the Regional Transport Authority for running their services under the Motor Vehicles Act The State of Tamil Nadu has preferred appeals against the order declaring the Ordinance and the Act as invalid and the appeals are pending in this Court.
1 of 1973 was promulgated and which was subsequently superseded with retrospective effect from January 14, 1973 by the Tamil Nadu Act No 12 of 1973.
Mathew, J. The petitioners in these writ petitions claim that they are entitled to operate the services on the basis of temporary permits granted to them in pursuance to Section 16 of the Tamil Nadu Stage Carriages and Contract Carriages Acqmsition Act Act No 12 of 1973 even though the period of these permits has expired and the Act has been declared invalid by the Madras High Court.
