LAWS(KER)-2017-8-48

JIJO Vs. THE REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY ERNAKULAM

Decided On August 02, 2017
JIJO Appellant
V/S
The Regional Transport Authority Ernakulam Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Predominant common question arising in these cases is whether a temporary permit to ply a stage carriage with an overlapping sector greater than permitted by a nationalization scheme be granted to a private bus operator?

(2.) Considering commonality in the issues and identity of the parties, all these cases were heard together. O.P.(C) No.1827 of 2017 filed by the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation, Thiruvananthapuram (in short, "KSRTC") is taken as the leading case. 4th respondent in the above petition is the petitioner in O.P.(C) No.581 of 2017. Petitioner in O.P.(C) No.1784 does not figure in the leading case. But, he is impleaded as additional 7th respondent in O.P.(C) No.581 of 2017.

(3.) All the petitioners are aggrieved by Ext.P5 order dated 11.01.2017 passed by the State Transport Appellate Tribunal (in short, "STAT") in M.V.A.R.P. No.53 of 2016.