ORDER.-This is rather an unfortunate case. The second respondent (V.C.K. Bus Service) applied for renewal of permit in respect of the buses TNE 5406 and MDB 7206 plying on the interState route Coimbatore to Koduvayur for a period of five years from 1st July, 1977 for the portions lying in the State of Tamil Nadu. The applications were notified under section 57(3) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 ((hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’). In response to the notification, representations were received from the revision petitioner (Cheran Transport Corporation Limited, Coimbatore) objecting to the renewal. It also stated therein that a draft scheme for the nationalisation of the route under section 68-C of the Act had been published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, dated 15th September, 1976 and temporary permit could be granted under section 68-F (1-A). It has further stated that the history-sheet of the applicant (V.C.K.Bus Service) was bad and no renewal could be granted. The State Transport Authority by its order dated 28th February, 1978, rejected the renewal on the ground that the permit of the second respondent herein was suspended on 12 occasions for offences like overloadin

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