CHANDRA SHEKHAR Vs. STATE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HEARD .

(2.) THE present writ petition has been filed by the petitioners with a prayer that the order of the Transport Appellate Tribunal dated 26.8.2000 be set aside. The Transport Appellate Tribunal by its order impugned has observed that the renewal prayed for by the petitioners cannot be granted and the appeal was dismissed as time barred. The petitioners had permit on Amruka to Pahadi inter -State route with an agreement in between the State of Rajasthan and Haryana. The appeal before the State Transport Appellate Tribunal was rejected as noticed earlier on the ground of limitation. Subsequent to the filing of the present writ petition, another writ petition has been filed in the name of Chandra Shekhar and Ratan Singh, the same petitioners in the earlier writ petition being S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 183/2002. This writ petition is also decided by the present decision.

(3.) I have considered the rival submissions. Hon'ble Supreme Court in 'Goverdhan Lal Dhawan v. State of Bihar and Ors.' reported in : AIR1988SC1676 , Division Bench decision of this Court in State of Raj. and Anr. v. Gyan Singh and Anr. reported in AIR 2001 Raj. 370 and this Court in 'Zamindara Motor Transport Cooperative Society v. R.T.A. Bikaner and Ors. reported in WLC (Raj.) 1999(1) 348 has held that there can be an inter State agreement which can provide for number of permits on inter State routes and thus, the argument of the learned Counsel for the petitioner is squarely converted by the law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court and Division Bench decision of this Court. The claim raised by the petitioners runs contrary to the law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court and this Court.