MATADOR MALIK ASSOCIATION Vs. DEPUTY TRANSPORT

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS writ petition has been filed with a prayer that a mandamus be issued directing the respondents not to realize passenger tax from the Motor Cab Standard-20 vehicles of the members of the petitioner Union.

(2.) WE have heard Shri A.D. Saunders, learned Counsel for the petitioner and we find no merit in this petition.

(3.) THE definition of 'stage carriage' in the U.P. Motor Gadi (Yatri Kar) Adhiniyam, 1962 in Section 2(g) is materially different from the definition of 'stage carriage' in Section 2(40) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. The definition of stage carriage in the U.P. Motor Gadi (Yatri Kar) Adhiniyam, 1962 is as follows: