Sreedharan, J.

State Government in exercise of the powers conferred by S.67 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. hereinafter referred to as "the 1988 Act", issued G.O.(P) No. 19/ 94/PW & T dated March 28,1994 as S.R.O. No. 364/94. By the said notification, Government modified the earlier notifications relating to the same subject. As per the present notification, S.R.O.364/94, rates of rates for different. classes of stage carriage services were fixed. Fare for ordinary Mofussil services, including City, Town and Limited Stop City services, is fixed at 18 paise per kilometre. In the case of Fast Passenger and Limited Slop Fast Passenger, the fare is fixed at 22 paise. In the case of Super Fast services, Express services, Super Express services, Deluxe services and Super Express services, the rates of fares is 24 paise, 27 paise, 28 paise, 30 paise and 32 paise respectively. As per the notification, permit holders of stage carriages were directed to provide certain additional facilities to the passengers. Clause (F) of the notification deals with those additional facilities to be provided by operators having permits for plying Fast Passenger, Limited Stop Fast Passenger, Supe