Court quashed the notification affecting the renewal of carriage operator permits, affirming prior rulings regarding stage carriages under specific distance guidelines.

JUDGMENT

The issue in this writ petition pertains to the refusal of the respondents to renew the permit of the stage carriage operator as LSOS and granting permit only as ordinary service, in view of a notification dated 3-5-2023.

2. Both sides submit that this case is covered by the judgment of this Court in W.P.(C) No.18290/2023 and connected cases and which is confirmed in W. A No. 1821/2024 and connected cases, wherein the notification relied on was quashed, and the same applies to the stage carriages plying in routes less than 140 Kilometres.

3. Given the above, the writ petition is hereby allowed. The interim order granted in this case is made absolute. However, it is made clear that this judgment will be subject to any decision to be passed in the appeal against the judgment of the Division Bench referred to above.