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G. ANUPAMA CHAKRAVARTHY
Amitabh – Appellant
Versus
State of Bihar – Respondent
G. Anupama Chakravarthy, J.—The petitioner has filed the instant application for the following reliefs:—
“For quashing the modified time table issued by the Secretary, S.T.A, Bihar (Respondent no 3) to the petitioner for his Permanent Inter State Stage Carriage Permit no 24/2018 covered with Bus No BR-06PD-7387 and BR-06PD-7386, valid for the period 30.08.2018 to 29.08.2023 on the route Madhubani to Siliguri as contained in Annexure-4 to this writ petition, whereby the Learned Secretary (Respondent no 3) of its own without any order of the S.T.A, Bihar or any request made by the petitioner, modified the proposed time table after curtailing the arrival and departure timing of the notified bus stand lying between the route which has already been sanctioned and granted by the State Transport Authority, Bihar in favour of the petitioner in the meeting of S.T.A, Bihar dated 24.07.2018 proceeding of which has been signed on 25.07.2018, and be pleased to grant the proposed time table to the petitioner's permit.”
2. The petitioner challenges the modification of the proposed time table for the Inter-State Stage Carriage Permit granted by the State Transport Authority (S.T.A.), Bihar, for the
Unilateral modification of a time table for an inter-state carriage permit without consent is contrary to statutory provisions and existing transport agreements, rendering such modifications illegal.
The central legal point established in the judgment is that the authority did not have the power to review the timing in the Stage Carriage Permit, as the Act does not confer such power and there was....
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