For the petitioner : Mr. N.I. Khan Mr. Amlan Kumar Mukherjee Mr. Dilip Kumar Mandal For the State Respondents : Mr. Pantu Deb Roy, AGP Mr. Pannalal Bandopadhyay Heard and Judgment on : 16-07-2025 Om Narayan Rai, J.:-

1. The petitioner is aggrieved by the resolution taken by the State Transport Authority, West Bengal in its meeting held on January 25, 2025 thereby approving the applications for grant of permits in favour of several applicants pertaining to Route 274B-Champadali Bus Stand to Dankuni Housing.

2. It is submitted by Mr. Khan, learned advocate appearing for the petitioner that the said resolution is absolutely without jurisdiction. It is submitted that the subject route traverses three different regions and that, being so in terms of Section 69 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 any decision as regards grant of permit ought to have been taken by such Regional Transport Authority under whose jurisdiction the major portion of the proposed route lies.

3. It is further submitted that in any case, a decision as regard grant of permit in respect of a route that passes through several regions could not have been taken by the State Transport Authority.

4. It is further pointed out th