Judgement

VENKATARAMIAH, J.:- The petitioners in the writ petitions and appellants in the Civil Appeals are holders of contract carriage permits issued under the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) carrying on business in the State of Rajasthan and other adjoining States. Under the said permits they are entitled to run the contract carriages throughout Rajasthan except on the notified routes. Some of them also own motor vehicles which are covered by permits issued under section 63(7) of the Act having the privilege of carrying passengers on cortract throughout India. In these Writ Petitions and Civil Appeals they have questioned the validity of the Notification dated 15-7-1975 issued by the State of Rajasthan under section 129-A of the Act empowering certain officers of the Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the Corporation*) to exercise in respect of all stage carriages and contract carriage on the notified routes under section 68-D (3) of the Act the powers that can be exercised under section 129-A of the Act by police officers who are empowered in that behalf. The Notification read as follows :

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