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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
C.V.KARTHIKEYAN
R.Baranidharan – Appellant
Versus
State Transport Authority, Government of Puducherry – Respondent
ORDER :
C.V.KARTHIKEYAN, J.
This Writ Petition has been filed in the nature of a Certiorarified Mandamus seeking records of the respondent, the State Transport Authority, Puducherry, in the Minutes of the Meeting held on 27.11.2019 so far as it relates to substituting the proceedings of the respondent dated 19.12.2001 to the effect that the permit should stand in the name of the individual in whose name the permit stood for a minimum period of three years and if any transfer of permit is sought within the period of three years, then the permit itself will be liable for cancellation. The petitioner is deeply aggrieved by the stipulation that the permit should stand in the name of the holder of the permit for a minimum period of three years and seeks to quash the same.
2.In the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition, it had been stated that the petitioner is a stage carriage operator with permit to ply an inter- state route from Pondicherry to Karaikal via., Cuddalore, Portonova, Chidambaram, Mayiladuthurai, Kollumangud and Nedungadu. There are also shuttle trips between Chidambaram and Karaikal. It is covered by an Inter-State Agreement dated 12.04.1985. The permit in the name
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