The petitioner is a stage carriage operator operating the vehicle Tamil Nadu 23 B 9396. The said vehicle was checked by the Motor Vehicle Inspector of Vaniyambadi on 08.03.2000 and a check report was also issued. The number of the vehicle was shown as TN-23-B-9369. Subsequently, the cheque report was corrected mentioning the number of the vehicle as TN-23-B-9396 on 212. 2000. Based on the check report, a charge memo was issued by the second respondent on 05.07.2000, for which the petitioner had submitted a detailed explanation denying the irregularities alleged to have been noticed by the Motor Vehicle Inspector, Vaniyambadi. The irregularities said to have been noticed are as follows:

(1) Registration Certificate, Insurance certificate, Driver License, Conductor License were not carried in the vehicle at the time of checking.

(2) Fair list not available in the vehicle.

(3) No medicines were available in the first aid box.

2. The petitioner, by his explanation dated 08.09.2000 has brought to the notice of the authority, that the checking officer might have inspected a vehicle bearing registration No. TN-23-B-9369 belonging to some other person and subsequently changed t