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MOUSHUMI BHATTACHARYA
Rashtriya Janata Auto Union – Appellant
Versus
Andaman And Nicobar Administration – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
MOUSHUMI BHATTACHARYA, J.
1. The petitioners pray for a direction on the respondent nos.2 and 3, being the Secretary (Transport), Director of Transport/Chairman, State Transport Authority, A & N Administration, respectively, to recall and withdraw the show cause notices and suspension/cancellation orders issued by the respondents to the members of the petitioners/petitioners’ Union. The petitioners also seek a direction on the respondents to withdraw certain conditions in the Permits granted to the petitioners for plying autorickshaws in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
2. The petitioners are Unions and individual members who ply their auto rickshaws in the South Andaman District. The petitioners are aggrieved by inclusion of certain conditions in the Permits which were granted under the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
3. The impugned Show cause notices were issued to the petitioners for alleged violation of the conditions of the Permits granted by the State Transport Authority (STA).
Arguments made on behalf of the parties
The Petitioners:
4. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the source of the impugned show cause notices are certain Minutes o
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