P. CHANNAPPA VS. MYSORE REVENUE APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, BANGALORE

( 1 ) IN this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution, the petitioner prays that this Court may be pleased to quash the order passed by the Regional Transport Authority, Mandya, in subject no. 27 (d) dated 27-5-1961 suspending the state carriage permit of the business bearing No. MYU 3355 and the confirmation of that order, subject to reduction of period of suspension, by the Mysore State Transport Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore in Appeal No. 209 of 1961 dated 4-9-1961 and the further confirmation of the said order, again subject to further reduction of period of suspension, by the Mysore Revenue Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore, in Appeal No. 956/61 (M. V ).

( 2 ) THE material facts of the case are as follows: it is alleged that Business bearing No. MYU 3355, owned by the petitioner, was found carrying on 30-3-1961 as many as 84 passengers, while its seating capacity was only 36. In that connection, the conductor of the business was prosecuted in C. C. No. 2040/61 on the file of the City Magistrate, Mysore. The learned magistrate acquitted him holding that the charge levelled against him was not proved. He disbeliev

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