£8 lama mum 9F (:Hamnsgam-i m awgwa w P‘ ac; $394491 cf 2098 DETWEONERZ Umaxant Jaiswai, /9 Shri Mudr§ka Prasad Jaiswai, aged about 36 years, Resident ef Utarda, Hardi 8azar, District Korba (CG) Vemw RESPONDENTS: 1. State 0f Chhattisgarh, Through ihe Secz’etary! Department of Transpaw, Mantraéay, D v<S 8uiidmg, Ra§puf CG) 2. The Sta€e Trampog't Appeiiate 'ftébunat Chhattisgarh, Ramur (CG) The Regienal Transport Authority; Chhaiiisgarh at Raipur (CG} 4‘ Smt. Kifan Cheuhan, Bus; Qperatag’, Resident 0f Katghora, Tahsii Keighma, Dietz'ict Kama {CG} 'TJ ‘m0) (i! 3 5K. Miehre, Pane§ Lew/"ye? fer the Siam/respendeme Ne? ts 3. Cf} U3 vt-p mi Ans‘nui R. Smivastava, counsei far the 9e?itioner. E1 i S. \ Qiwgmeaence: Hen $hr§ Bhiyendra Meme & Hen $§aari RN $handraka§i .M, @RDER {1 3-2-251 <3) 4‘ The pe€§€§mer by the metent ‘peiition has prayed fcx the fogowing {Dametantei {eéiea‘si- “That, this Hon’bEe Liam may Kindiy be pieased t0 dedare the imeugned notificatian dated 14138.20Q4 {P4} as neg and \imd 21$ the mute neefied by the veeeendeni ml m vimaiien m” Meter Vehicles Ac? €Er38e a That, éhis f—éon’bae Cam may kindiy be pieaeed to issue a wrié én the nature of ce’mcreri quaehimg the \\ imeugaee erder dated 2Q.G4QOG8 {P-2) by whim x 3 ( 59 the respondent N92 dismissed the ¥evisian petétizon and me impugned order dated 15.11.2307 (P-3) by Wh§ch the rawgndent M13 gramed pea’manem permit t0 the resggendent NQA and ihe permanent permit no.3305lafg7 (P43) may kmriéy be qeaehefj in the ends ef ausiice. The ease 9f the eeiizienen in wisheit §$ tha‘i ‘he was gamed stage eemege nerméi mr piying hie vehécie fmm Sazaigag te Katgmra via gsida, Hard5 Sazan Deepka, Ren}ena, Chaitma Wath emgle mic de§§y {Annexure-Ple)‘ Vizde endereement cf exteaeien, he was eermitted te my his veh§c§e up is Seeeet {Annexure-P/5). x x Reenendent N411 Mthout vefifying from the Puma Works Degarimen: fermumted a mute from Amiikunda ta Hardé Bazar via Jatga, Katghme, Sutag'ra, Cheitma, Tiwarta, Seepke and nctéfied the same at S. N041? 'xide §mpugned netificetion dated 14th June 2064 pub§§ehed in {Extrasrdinary} Gazeite (AnnexuiVe—PH). eaneem W4 ep9§§ed fer peg'manent stage carriage germ-‘3‘: fa? the a ahawe mute eEeeg wEte preeeeed time tabie (Aenexwe-P/6 & Pl?) eve reependen? $03 gremee permanent perm§te {Annexwe-DJB, RQ & P11 Q) yide ewea’ of Annexure-Pl3. :43 )l \ Tine pet§iiener fiied a reweéeu bea‘me {espondent N02, hcwever, the same wee diemiesed v§de emfe? cf Aeeexure—P/z Learned ceunsei fer the petiimner submitted we? mete is eie§ned m eeie-eeeiéen {38) 0f Sewer: 2 of the Mute? Vehictes Act 1983 (tat ehert the eet’) eeeetdtng ta whteh a ttne cf trevet which may tee treveteed by a meter cyete between one terminus and enethet tetmtneet “t the yo ()A mséam sass, mate Amikunda $0 Ham Bazar mfjfied a: 3 N04“ by tna impugnad nat§§icat§an was $0 nsia‘iea w§tmui verifktatma fmm tim Puh!ic Wcrks Qepartment From pewsa! of the map and di$tanca se@§f§cate f§3ed as Annexure—Pni}, it wewd be evédent that haw/9M mic *termimges Le. Hardi Eazar Fnri Am§§i<unda1 them age mare than 2 aermmuses and the same has wrongEy Eeen not§fied as ene mute, cea‘;€rez‘y to de itéen 0f genie givee in Sectéen 2 (38) ef the Act. Ree‘eemdem NM eught to have ne€§f§ed the same ee difie¥ent muées. Sinai-e :ensgert A§3§3e?ia€e Tg'imma% (fer seer: ‘the YribenaF} wéthcut teneédes’ing ihe abcve aspect dismeeeq‘ the revieien eet§t§en by ebe'eé‘vmg that AmSkunda to Hard} Bazar has been noiified as a mute {Annexwe—PJ? ‘ Re§§ence ie eased m the matey ef Wvek Dwwed§ eed enmee? Ejemus Hem Namin mm uihers {AIR 199g MADHYA PRAQE$H 3} Cm "ihe ether hand, §eemed ceunse§ fer me Steie wewd aygue that the :‘eete has §3eea maimed betweea two terminusee aftea’ due verifwcaticn and as pes' the preposa! sf the Transpert Department. 'S'he eeéiéioner has ne Eases stand§ t0 fee We petitmn as 1e has no eefemeebée réght ageims’i He Sitate and the Tribmai hee d£5m§seeel the ¥eyisi0n JV eeegnmg eogem reaeen en meme. «w Th (D !7‘ e her—ale heard Eeemed mange? for Ede games. The vaiidgy 0f mtéficatim of Ameuxre-PM $0 fer as it pertaw‘ ie eniw MeAM has been questiened on the ground that the mute has been no?er‘i oeiween Am§§kunda anti HardE Bazm We Je?ga, Kmghore, N\\\\ 7', ? W 40‘ Rogte has been defmed in Sectwn 2 (38) which reads as Lindy:- “Rae’se means a iine o§ travei whieh spec§f§ed the h§ghway whéeh may be tyaversed by a meter vehicée between ene termmue and anciher". The ebeve defimtion newhere prevides that mcior vehécie tmvereee in a Mghwey between the two terminus cannot take w§€h§n ‘aze mach any neayby shaft distances, 'g’he Tribane§, after consédering the two mees predueed for te peruea%, has observed that there are ambiguities in me v’Quée mega and there ts a difference in the map fited by the pettttcner, wntcn was fited ateng with eppttcetten fer grant of stage carnage petmit. ?D Swarm, Chaiizma, Tiwarta and Deepka cantrary to Sect§on 2 (38) of +i~ie Am which da§ines the mute. The contentéen of the pet§iioner is that fmm perusai of ihe map and distance ceyt§€§cate issued by the Pubiic Weak Degartmem of the State Gm/ernment, ii wouQd be evident that {Quite between Amiikunaa and ,uaa'di Bazar via Jetga, Katghcra, Sutarra, Chaitma, ?iwarta and Seegka dries not fa§£ an one §ine of travel which may be traversed by a meter vehicEe between the two terminus as the \Iemoie e requia'ed to gr; fmm game t0 T§warta and back and s§mi§a¥ly fmm B§jhara t0 Katghora and back“ .We are unabte to accept the atguments of teamedvceuneet 1 :tar the peetieeey Ln thie mgard. in Vtv‘ek Dwivetti {Sega}, t‘ne questien tot coneidetetion befete the atvteien Bench wee whether singte apettcatten fot' grant of permit te ‘\¥ M , The petmon < accomiagw d§sm§sseti 16‘ Ban/e é'wa di§§erent mutes was entertainaiale, as “in the cQted mattey, tsmgée a§3p§§catéen was fgled for twa défferent named routes Le‘ mute Ashaknagay to Kadwaya and ether reuta Ashoknagar i0 issagarh and {he Rag sma§ Transport Officer granted a $éng§e permit {or p§ying stage carriages authcrizmg to piy vehic$e Tm the abeve twcs mute$ as payed fa ‘m %h&$e cimgmstames; it was heir} ma? two sepaE'ate apggéca’zians wrauid be geaessary by VMue of sectinn 7Q(1)(f} along Wm} pra$cr§b$d ?ee ander Rij§e MS in earsh app§icgi§onv m éhe facts of me ,m'esant ca$e, we cm n53: find any inwn$§$tamy En natified mute Am§§kimc§a t0 Ham‘i Baza via jatga, Katghora, Suiafra, C—haitma, Tiwaria and Beepka 3i S‘NQAM Vi‘z‘ a véz, def§ait§cn of muta under Seciésn 2 {38) o? the Act. m 1m? ccns§dered oginiga, V1: impgjgned arder cf Annexure-PQ passed by the Tr§bunai suf‘feyse wEth Sd/— RuN. Chandrakar ‘ Judge