ORDER

This writ petition is filed challenging the order passed by the first respondent in R.No.37561/A3/2018 dated 04.10.2018 and consequently direct the first respondent to permit the petitioner's mini bus bearing Registration No.TN-74-E-7848 to make use of Vadasery Bus stand, Nagercoil for the benefit of the traveling public while operating the mini bus on the notified route ie., Vadasery Bus Stand Junction to Therku Kannankulam.

2.The petitioner is a mini bus operator in Nagercoil Town, owning the vehicle bearing Registration No.TN-74E-7848 for the route Vadaseri bus stand to Therku Kannankulam. The present permit issued to the petitioner is valid till 02.01.2021. As a mini bus operator, the petitioner is permitted to operate 4 kilometers in the served route by the Government buses. Now, the challenge is to the order dated 04.10.2018 made in R.No.37561/A3/2018. Originally the vehicle in question was granted a mini bus permit to ply on the route from Vadasery bus stand junction to Therku Kannankulam. The entire stretch of the route is about 6.5 kilometers, of which, 4 kilometers is a served sector and 2.5 kms is unserved sector. The vehicle was allowed to go through from Vadasery