Summarize the following court judgment. ivil Appeal No. 1297 of 1968. Appeal by special leave 	from the judgment and order dated October 5	 1967 of the Bombay High Court	 Nagpur Bench in S.C.A. No. 770 of 1966. S.V. Gupte	 Santosh Chatterjee and G.S. Chatterjee	 for the	 appellant. 321 B.R.L. Iyengar and Naunit Lal	 for respondents Nos. 1 to 3 and 5. N.S. Bindra and S.P. Nayar	 for respondent No. 7 and the intervener. The Judgment of the Court was delivered by Vaidialingam	 J. The appellant	 the State Corporation	 constituted under the Road Transport Corporation Act (LXIV of 1950)	 challenges in this appeal	 by special leave	 the order of the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court dated October 5	 1967 in Special Civil Application No. '770 of 1967. The appellant	 as well as respondents 1 to 5 and 8 to 16	 applied to the Regional Transport Authority	 Nagpur	 on various dates in the year 1964 65	 under section 46 of the (Act IV of 1939) (hereinafter called the Act) for grant of stage carriage permits on the routes (a) Chanda to Chimur; (b) Arni to Manora; (c) Sakoli to Lakhandur; (d) Sondkheri to Kalmeshwar; and (e) Chanda to Rajura. The appellant 's applications in respect of routes (a) and (c) were for additional trips and timings. Regarding (b)	 (d) and (e)	 the appellant 's applications were for grant of permits over the new routes opened for the first time. The applications were notified by the Regional Transport Authority under section 57(3) of the Act. The appellant and the other applicants filed objections and representations against each other 's applications. The Regional Transport Authority	 after considering the applications and objections and hearing the parties	 passed order granting the permits in favour of the appellant	 in respect of all the routes. The order in respect of route (a) was passed on May 18	 1965	 for routes (b) and (c) on August 19	 1965	 for route (d) on October 9	 1965 and for route (e) on October 30	 1965. Respondents 1 to 5 filed appeals before the Appellate Committee of the Transport Authority of Maharashtra	 challenging the grant of permits in favour of the appellant and rejecting their respective applications. Their appeals were Nos. 64	 82. 84	 106 and 114	 all of 1965. Respondents 8 to 16 do not seem to have filed any appeals. All the appeals were heard and disposed of by the Appellate Committee by a common order	 dated June 9	 1966. Before the Appellate Committee respondents 1 to 5 raised a contention that the mandatory information required to be submitted in an application for permit under section 46 of the Act	 read with Form P.St. S.A. prescribed under rule 80 of the relevant rules	 have not been fully and completely furnished by the appel 322 lant in its application. They also filed an affidavit pointing out what	 according to them	 were the details of information that should have been furnished by the appellant. The Appellate Committee	 after noting that the appellant herein represented that the major items of information	 as required under section 46 and the relevant form	 had been given in the application	 has expressed the view that information regarding certain other matters	 as provided in the form of application	 had not been provided by the State Corporation	 and in consequence there was a major defect in its application and that the other operators had no opportunity to properly object and contest the claim of the State Corporation. In this view the Appellate Committee remanded the matter to the Regional Transport Authority for reconsideration with a direction that the State Corporation should be asked to furnish complete information and	 after receipt of such information in the prescribed form	 they must be duly published and an opportunity afforded to the respondents 1 to 5 herein to be duly heard by way of object.ion and that the entire matter be re heard and decided afresh. Respondents 1 to 5 challenged this order of the Appellate Committee before the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court in Special Civil Appeal No. 770 of 1966 under articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution. They contended before the High Court that the Appellate Committee should have rejected the application of the State Corporation on the ground that the mandatory provisions of section 46 of the Act had not been complied with. They also urged that the application	 filed by the State Corporation	 inasmuch as it lacked information on vital matters	 as provided in section 46 of the Act read with the form prescribed	 could not be considered to be an application under the Act and	 as such	 it did not deserve to be considered at all. The order of the Appellate Committee really amounted to allowing the appellant to convert a defective application so as to bring it in conformity with the provisions of the Act and the form	 which is not permissible in law. Though the appellant pleaded that all the necessary particulars had been furnished in its application and that even in respect of all matters on which further information was called for	 it had already been furnished and that the authorities had jurisdiction to call for any additional information that may be neces sary for a proper consideration and disposal of the applications filed by the parties	 the High Court	 in the order under attack	 has taken the view that there has been no proper compliance	 by the State Corporation	 with regard to the matters dealt. with	 particularly in columns 10	 14 and 15 of the prescribed form	 viz.	 the application for permit. The High Court is of the view 3 2 3 that the information furnished by the appellant	 under those headings	 cannot be considered to be either sufficient or adequate. The High Court has taken the view that withholding of information on vital points	 constitutes a defect in the application of the appellant and that creates considerable difficulty to the authorities in considering the claim for grant of a permit. It is also of the view that the Act does not	 either expressly or impliedly	 give power to either the Regional Transport Authority or the Appellate Committee to give an opportunity to an erring applicant to furnish additional or further particulars so as to convert a defective application into a proper application. The High Court is also of the view that the provisions of section 46 of the Act read with section 48	 cast a mandatory duty upon an applicant	 applying for a permit	 to give the particulars required in the several clauses of section 46. If the required particulars are not given	 it is the view of the High Court that such applications are not applications within the meaning of section 46 and the rules and therefore are liable to be rejected. In the end the High Court has held that after the application filed by the State Corporation had been held to be defective	 the Appellate Committee had no jurisdiction to give the State Corporation a fresh opportunity to furnish additional paritculars and	 in that view	 set aside the order of the Appellate Committee. The High Court	 in consequence	 remanded the appeals to the Appellate Committee	 directing the latter to reconsider	 on the materials already on record	 the applications of all parties excepting that of the State Corporation and to decide the question of grant of permits between the rival parties afresh. The appellant has come up to this Court	 against this order of the High Court. Mr. Gupte	 learned counsel for the appellant	 apart from contending that the High Court was in error in interfering in a writ petition	 with the order of the Appellate Committee	 when exercising jurisdiction under articles 226 and 227	 has raised substantially two contentions: (1) That the form prescribed by the State Government	 in this case	 for an application for permit	 has gone beyond the rule making power of the State Government under section 68 of the Act. (2) That the provisions of section 46 of the Act are not mandatory and there is no jurisdiction in the authorities functioning under the Act to reject an application summarily on the ground that the application is not in conformity with the Act or the rules framed thereunder. It is not necessary for us to reiterate the nature of the jurisdiction exercised by a High Court under article 226 or article 227. Under article 226 the High Court has power to quash an order when the error committed by a Tribunal or authority is one of 324 law and that is apparent on the face of the record. Similarly the powers of judicial supervision of a High Court under article 227 of the Constitution are not greater than those under article 226 and must be limited to seeing that the Tribunal functions within the limits of its authority (Vide: Nagendra Nath Bora vs The Commissioner of Hills Divn. & Appeals Assam(1). In this case	 as we have already pointed out	 the High Court has taken the view that the application filed by the appellant	 for lack of the necessary particulars provided in the form prescribed	 cannot be considered to be an application under the Act and in respect of such an application	 the authorities have no jurisdiction to deal with. It is really the correctness of this view expressed by the High Court that arises for consideration. Since the impugned order of the Appellate Committee was challenged on the ground of lack of jurisdiction	 it is not possible to hold that the High Court could not have entertained the writ petition. Mr. B.R.L. Iyengar	 learned counsel for the contesting respondents	 has urged that in order that an application filed by a party may be considered by the authorities charged with the duty of granting permits	 the essential condition precedent is that the application must conform to the requirements of the statute in this case the Act. Section 46 of the Act provides various matters in respect of which an applicant will have to give full and detailed particulars. Over and above the requirements contained in els. (a) to (e) of the said section	 any other matter that may be prescribed by the rules framed under the Act	 by virtue of clause (f) of section 46 will have also to be properly and fully dealt with by an applicant. By vitrue of the rule making powers under section 68 of the Act	 the State Government have framed the Bombay Motor Vehicles Rules	 1959 (hereinafter referred to as the rules); and r. 80(1) provides that every application for a permit in respect of a transport vehicle	 including a private service vehicle	 is to be in one of the forms mentioned therein. The appropriate form with which this Court is concerned now is the Form P.St. S.A. in respect of item 2. The form deals with various items	 some of which may be covered by clauses (a) to (d) and others are over and above these particulars. The object underlying the Act	 of an applicant being called upon to give the necessary particulars in respect of these matters	 is obvious	 viz.	 that the other applicants and the various other interested persons will be able to know the nature of the claim made by a particular applicant and either make suitable representations against the same or file objections. The High Court 's view	 counsel points out	 that the absence of particulars in this case	 in respect of items 10	 14 and 15 in the form is a non compliance with the Act and is no application under (1) ; 3 2 5 the Act	 is correct. Therefore counsel urged that the Appellate Committee 's order allowing the appellat to	 so to say	 amend the application	 by giving additional particulars	 was properly set aside by the High Court. Mr. Bindra	 appearing for the State	 while supporting the appellant that the Appellate Committee	 in this case	 acted within its jurisdiction in calling for particulars	 urged that the form prescribed under the rules was perfectly valid and is not beyond the rule making power of the State Government. The scheme of the Act has been considered in several decisions of this Court and we do not propose to cover the ground over again. Chapter IV containing sections 42 to 68	 deals with control of transport vehicles. Section 42 emphasises the necessity for permits. Section 45 deals with the various authorities to whom the application for permits	 in the circumstances stated therein. is to be made. Section 46 provides that an application for a permit shall 'as far as may be	 contain ' the particulars mentioned in clauses (a) to (f). Clauses (a) to (e) deal with certain definite particulars	 but cl. (f) refers to 'such other matters as may be prescribed '. Section 2(21) defines the expression 'prescribed ' to mean 'prescribed by rules made under the Act. '. Therefore it will be seen that an application for a permit	 apart from containing the particulars referred to in clauses (a) to (e) of section 46	 must also contain. under el. (f)	 such other matters as may be prescribed. We will come to the rule making power a lit.tie later. Section 47 provides for the various matters to be taken into account by the Regional Transport Authority in considering an application for a stage carriage permit. That section also provides for taking into consideration any representation made by certain other parties referred to therein. Sub section (2) gives power to a Regional Transport Authority to refuse to grant a permit if from any time table furnished it appears that the provisions of the Act relating to the speed at which vehicles may be driven are likely to be contravened; but the proviso to this sub section casts a duty on the Authority to give an opportunity to the applicant to amend the time table before such refusal. Sub section (3) gives power to a Regional Transport Auhtority to limit the number of stage carriages in region or in any specified area or in any specified route within the region. Section 48 empowers the Regional Transport Authority	 on an application made to it under section 46	 to grant a stage carriage permit	 subject to the provisions of section 47	 in accordance with the application or with such modifications as it deems fit. It also gives the Authority power to refuse to grant such a permit. Section 57 deals with the procedure in applying for and granting permits. Sub section (3) provides for the Regional Transport Authority making L2SupCI/70 9 326 available an application for a permit for inspection at its office and also publish the application in the prescribed manner inviting representations within the period mentioned therein. The proviso to sub section (3) gives power to t	he Authority concerned to summarily refuse the application without	 following the procedure laid down in sub section (3)	 in the circumstances mentioned therein. Sub sections (4)	 (5) and (6) read together	 deal with the consideration of the representation received from a party and disposal of an application for a permit at	 a public hearing in which an applicant and a person who had made a representation are given an opportunity of being heard. Sub section (7) casts a duty on the Regional Transport Authority	 when refusing an application for permit	 to give in writing to the applicant	 concerned	 its reasons for the refusal. Section 68(1) gives power to the State Government to make rules for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of Chapter IV. Sub section (2) enumerates the various matters in respect of which rules can be framed without prejudice to the generality of the power contained in sub section Clause (c) of sub section (2) deals with the 'forms to be used for the purposes of this Chapter	 including the forms of permits '. The State Government has framed the rules. Rule 80(1) provides that every application for a permit in respect of a transport vehicle	 including a private service vehicle shall be in one of the enumerated forms and the forms are mentioned as items (i) to (x). Item (ii) deals with a permit in respect of a service of stage carriages and the form prescribed is Form P.St. S.A. Sub r. (2) provides that the application shall be addressed to the Regional Transport Authority or to the Regional Transport Officer	 as the case may be and accompanied by the fee prescribed by rule 84. In this case we are concerned with the Form P.St. It is seen from the judgment of the High Court that a copy of an application filed by the appellant in respect of the route Arni to Manora has been filed and it has been directed to form part of the record of the case. The form P.St. S.A. provides for nearly 22 items in respect of which a party has to fill up particulars. The particulars governed by item 4 may be related to section 46(a)	 those of items 5 and 7 to section 46(b)	 items 6 and 8 to section 46(c)	 item 10 to section 46(d) and items 11	 12	 14 to section 46(e). Over and above these particulars	 the form provides several other matters on which information has to be given. The ground on which the High Court has regarded the application of the appellant as invalid is that the application did not give full and detailed particulars in respect of item 10	 14 and 15. We will now refer to the relevant entries in the application made by the appellant regarding the route Arni to Manora in 327 respect of columns 10	 14 and 15 and also the answers given by the appellant: "10. Number of vehicles kept in reserve to maintain the service regularly and to provide for special occasion : Nagpur Division which will operate this/these route(s) holds 470 vehicles against. 	 376 schedule	 to be operated by that Division. Thus there will be 94 vehicles in reserve to maintain the services regularly and to provide for special occasions. Particulars of any stage or contract carriage permit valid in the State held by the applicant. section 4 61	 5 61	 6 61	 7 61	 8 61	 9 61	 10 61	 13 61	 39 63	 40 63	 63 63	 etc. Particulars of any permit held by the applicant in respect of the use of any transport vehicle in any other State : Pt. section 4/52	 4/53	 7 59	 1 60	 63 63	 etc. " According to the High Court	 the information given by the appellant is not sufficient and	 that especially in respect of columns 14 and 15 the applicant has not given exhaustively the list of t	 he permits owned by it. We are not inclined to accept the contention of Mr. Gupte that the form prescribed	 requiring the furnishing of information on the various particulars and matters referred to therein is beyond the rule making power of the Government. Section 46	 as we have already pointed out	 requires information to be given by an applicant for permit not only in respect	 of 'all the particulars ' enumerated under els. (a) to (e)	 but also under cl. He has to give information on such other matters as may be prescribed and 'prescribed ' as defined in section 2(21)	 means 'prescribed by rules made under the Act '. Section 68 to which we have already referred	 gives power to the State Government to make rules for the purpose of carrying into effect	 the provisions of Chapter IV and also	 without prejudice to the generality of ' this power	 to make rules in respect of the various matters mentioned in sub section Clause (c) of sub section (2) specifically gives power to prescribe the form to be used for the purpose of Chapter ' IV	 including the form of permit. section Therefore	 an application filed by a party for a permit must	 at any rate	 substantially con 328 form to the requirements of section 46	 as well as to the form framed under the rule making power of the State Government. We have already pointed out that rule 80 provides that every application for permit should be in the appropriate form mentioned therein. Therefore section 46	 the relevant rule	 and the form prescribed	 have to be read together	 and so read it follows that an applicant for a permit must comply	 at any rate	 substantially with the various matters mentioned therein. It must be borne in mind that section 68 is not controlled by section 46 of the Act. In fact it specifically enables the St.ate Government to make rules for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of the Chapter. The Chapter itself	 we have mentioned	 is entitled 'Control of Transport Vehicles ' and if	 with a view to carrying into effect the object. of control of transport vehicles	 the form requires information on various matters over and above those enumerated in els. (a) to (d) of section 46	 it cannot be stated that the State Government has acted beyond its rule making powers when prescribing such a form. The form so prescribed	 in our opinion	 forms an integral part of rule 80 which the State Government is authorised to make	 under section 68 of the Act. Therefore	 we are not inclined to accept the contention of Mr. Gupte that the matters enumerated in a form provided by a rule framed under the rule making power of the State Government cannot be considered to be 'such other matters as may be prescribed under section 46(f) '. The further contention that in order to treat the matter as one prescribed under section 46(f)	 it must have been enumerated as such in a rule framed 'under the Act	 has also to be rejected. Even otherwise	 we have already pointed out that section 68 is not controlled by section 46	 in which case also it follows that the form prescribed by the State Government	 by virtue of a rule framed under its rule making powers	 must be considered to be valid. Mr. Gupte drew our attention of the decision of the Mysore High Court in Narayana vs S.T. Authority(1). One of the questions that arose for consideration in that decision was whether an application for a permit under the Act can be considered to be defective when it did not deal with certain matters provided in a from prescribed under r. 156 of the Rules framed by the State of Madras under the Act. The High Court held that such an application has to be considered to be defective and observed: "It is true that if by a rule properly made by the State	 it was provided that further particulars in addition to those referred to in clauses (a) to (e) of section 46	 should be furnished in the application	 these particulars should have to be so furnished as directed by section 46(f). (I) A.I.R. 1950 Mys. 33=I.L.R. (1950) Mys. 329 But no such rule made by the State was pointed out to us. What the State did under r. 156 was to merely prescribe the form in which an application should be made	 although that form contained columns which referred to many matters not specified in section 46. rule	 which was made under section 68(2)(c) of the Act prescribed only a form. It did not prescribe any particulars. That being the position	 those additional matters for which columns were provided in the form prescribed by it cannot merely for that reason	 claim the status of particulars prescribed by rules under the Act	 and cannot	 therefore	 be regarded as particulars referred to in section 46(f) of the Act. " We are not inclined to agree with this reasoning of the learned Judges of the Mysore High Court. We have already held that the form prescribed by the St.ate Government under the rules becomes part of the rule itself	 which the State Government is competent to frame. Therefore the contention of Mr. Gupte that in prescribing the form the State Government has exceeded its rule making power	 cannot be accepted. The further question that arises for consideration	 is as to whether the view of the High Court that the application of the appellant is defective and suitable to be dismissed inasmuch as columns 10	 14 and 15 in the application form have not been properly filled up	 is correct. Here again	 we are not inclined to agree with the reasoning of the High Court that under such circumstances the application filed by the appellant cannot.	 be treated to be an application under the Act. It is needless to state that an application must. furnish full and complete information that is within his knowledge or possession	 in his application for the grant of a permit. The scheme of the Act is quite clear	 viz. that an applicant must have a proper permit for operating transport services. To obtain that permit	 certain formalities and procedure have to be gone through. Apart from the other applicants having an opportunity to make representations or objections to the claim made by a particular applicant	 certain other persons and authorities	 as will be seen under section 57(3)	 have been given a right to make representations. Such filing of objections or making of representations can be effective only if an applicant gives all the information which is in it.s power or control. The expression	 'as far as may be '	 occurring in section 46 of the Act	 must only mean that an applicant must give information on the various particulars and matters referred to in section 46	 in so far as those requirements apply to him and in respect of which it is possible to give information. In the absence of the expression 'as far as may be ' in the 330 old section 46 of the Act	 the Mysore High Court	 in two of its decisions C.K.M. Services vs Mys. Revenue Board(1) and Sethuramachar vs Hiranayya(2) has taken the view that the provisions in section 46 must be considered to be mandatory and non compliance with those provisions will mean that there is no proper and valid application under the Act and that an authority would be justified in rejecting the same. In Sethuramachar 's case( '2) the High Court has indicated that in the section	 as it now stands	 the position may be different. The Madhya Pradesh High Court in an unreported decision in S.H. Motor Transport Company vs The State Transport Appellate Authority(3) (a certified copy of which has been given to us) has held that when an applicant does not give some information on certain particulars required under section 46	 it must be understood that he does not intend to do the necessary things as mentioned therein. In our opinion	 the matter has to be approached from a slightly different angle	 viz.	 whether the authorities have got the power to reject an application summarily if it does not contain information on any matters or particulars referred to in the form. We are unable to find any provision in the statute giving a power to the transport. authorities to reject an application summarily on that ground; but	 we have already emphasized that the application must give the necessary information on the various particulars and matters enumerated in the form prescribed for such purpose. It is to the interest of the applicant himself to give full and clear information because he stands the risk of the permit not being granted to him for lack of information on certain matters. But this is quite a different thing from the power of the authority to reject an application forthwith on the ground that the application is defective. The only provision where such a power to reject summarily is given is under the proviso to section 57(3). Under this proviso	 the Regional Transport Authority	 without following the procedure of publishing an application and inviting objections can summarily refuse the application in the circumstances mentioned therein. No doubt it may be asked that if an application lacks information on very vital matters	 the whole object of publishing the same and inviting objections could not be achieved because the parties entitled to make objections and representations cannot effectively make the same. But	 as we have already pointed out it is really in the interest of the applicant himself to give the information as far as it lies within his power	 on all matters. What the High Court has done in this case	 was really to reject the application of the appellant summarily	 a power which even the Transport Authority does not	 in our opinion	 have under (1) A.I.R. 1960 Mys. (2) A.I.R. 1960 Mys. 90. (3) Misc. Petition No. 6 of 1969	 decided on 3 3 1969. 331 the Act. Probably the statute did not give power to an authority to reject an application summarily in cases not coming within the proviso to section 57(3) because when considering an application for grant of permit on merits	 it may be open to the Regional Transport Authority	 after giving reasons	 under section 57(7)	 to refuse the application for permit. In such a case	 as the Regional Transport Authority is bound to give reasons	 the sufficiency and validity of the reasons given may also be canvassed before the appellate authority in an appeal under section 64 of the Act. But all this can be done only at the time of considering the grant of permit on merits	 and not at an earlier stage	 and the refusal to grant the permit will be not on the ground that the application is defective	 but on the ground that the particulars or information and other matters given in the permit do not enable the Regional Transport Authority to take the view that a particular applicants claims are superior to those of others. The question can also be considered from another point of view. Section 47 makes it obligatory on a Regional Transport Authority	 in considering an application for stage carriage permit	 to have regard to the various matters mentioned therein. One of the matters about which regard must be had is contained in cl. (e) viz.	 "the operation by the applicant of other transport services	 including those in respect of which applications from him for permits are pending". In respect of item 10	 in our opinion	 the answer given by the appellant appears to be fairly satisfactory. In respect of items 14 and 15	 the High Court 's view appears to be that over and above the number of permits mentioned therein	 the appellant should have given an exhaustive list of the other permits held by it in the State under item 14 or in any other State	 under item 15. The Transports. Authorities. in our opinion	 would be acting within their jurisdiction when they take into account the matter governed by cl. (e) of section 47(1) in calling upon a party to give more complete details	 and give an opportunity to the other parties before it to state their objections. That is exactly what had been directed to be done by the Appellate Committee when it sent back the proceedings to the Regional Transport Authority. In this view	 it follows that the order of the High Court treating the appellant 's applications as invalid and excluding them from the consideration of the Transport Authority	 is not warranted by the provisions of the Act. The result is that the order of the High Court	 dated October 5	 1967 is set aside and that of the Appellate Committee	 dated June 9	 1966 is restored. Respondents 1 to 3 and 5 will pay the costs of the appellant.

The appellant	 as well as. Respondents 1 to 5 and 8 to 16	 applied to the Regional Transport Authority	 Nagpur	 on various dates in the. years 1964 65	 under s: 46 of Act IV of 1939 for grant of stage carriage permits on certain routes. After notification of the applications and considering objections of and hearing the parties	 the Regional Transport Authority passed orders granting permits in favour of the appellant. Respondents 1 to 5 filed appeals before the Appellate Committee of the transport authority of Maharashtra challenging the permits granted to the appellant on the ground that in the appellant 's application	 mandatory information required to be submitted under section 46 read with the form prescribed under Rule 80 of the relevant rules had not been furnished by the appellant. The Appellate committee upheld the challenge and remanded ' the matter to the Regional Transport Authority for re consideration with a direction that the appellant should be asked to furnish complete information and	 after the receipt of such information in the prescribed form as well as compliance with the normal procedure the entire matter be re heard and decided afresh. Respondents 1 to 5 challenged this order of the Appellate Committee before the High Court trader articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution contending that the Committee should have rejected the applications of the appellant on the ground that the mandatory provisions of section 46 had not been complied with and that the order of the Committee really amounted to allowing the appellant to convert a defective. application so as to bring it in conformity with the provisions of the Act and the form	 which was not permissible in law. The High Court accepted this contention holding that the Appellate Committee had no jurisdiction to give the appellant a fresh opportunity to. furnish the necessary particulars. It therefore remanded the matter with a direction that the applications of all parties excepting that of the State. Road Transport Corporation be considered and a decision reached on the grant of permits between the rival applicants. In appeal before this Court it was contended inter alia that the. High Court was in error in interfering in a writ petition under articles 226 and 227 with the order of the Appellate Committee; that the form prescribed by the State Government for an application for a permit had ' gone beyond the rule making power of the State. Government under section 68 of the Act; and that the provisions of section 46 of the Act are not mandatory and there is no jurisdiction in the authorities functioning under the Act to reject an application summarily on the ground that it was not in conformity with the Act or the Rules framed thereunder. 320 HELD: Allowing the appeal: (i) Since the impugned order of the Appellate Committee was challenged on the ground ' of lack of jurisdiction	 it was not possible to hold that the High Court could not have entertained the writ petition under Ars. 226 and 227. C] Nagendra Nath Bora vs The Commissioner of Hills Division (ii) The form prescribed by the State Government requiring the furnishing of information on the various particulars and matters referred to. therein was not beyond the rule making power of the State: Government under section 68 of the. Section 46	 rule 80	 and the form prescribed	 have. to be read together	 and so read it follows that an applicant for a permit must comply	 at any rate	 substantially with the various matters mentioned therein. Section 68 is not controlled by section '46 of the Act. In fact it specifically enables the State Government to make rules for the purpose of carrying into. effect the provisions of Chapter IV. The Chapter itself is entitled 'Control of Transport Vehicles ' and if	 with a view to carrying into effect the object of control of transport vehicles	 the form requires information on various matters over and above those enumerated in cls. (a) to (d) of section 46	 it cannot be stated that the State Government has acted beyond its rule making powers when prescribing such a form. The form so prescribed	 forms an integral part of rule 80 which the State Government is authorised to make. 	 under section 68 of the Act. [330 A D] C.K.M. Services vs Mys. Revenue Board	 A.I.R. 1960 Mys. 72; and Sethuramachar vs Hirannayya	 A.I.R. 1960 Mys. 90; referred to. (iii) The order of the High Court treating the appellant 's applications as invalid and excluding them from the consideration of the Transport Authority	 was not warranted by the provisions of the Act. There is no provision in the statute giving a power to the transport authorities to reject an application summarily on the ground that it does not give some information on certain particulars required under section 46. It is needless to state that an applicant must furnish full and complete information that is within his knowledge or possession in his application for the grant of a permit. It is in the interest of the applicant himself to give such full and complete information because he stands the risk of the permit not being granted to him for lack of information on certain matters. But this is quite a different thing from the power of the authority to reject an application forthwith on the ground that the application is defective. D F] S.H. Motor Transport Company vs The State Transport Appellate Authority. Petition No. 6 of 1969	 decided on 3 3 1969 by the Madhya Pradesh High Court	 disapproved.