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(3) Where the applicant has branch offices outside the jurisdiction of the licensing
authority, the application shall be made to the licensing authority in whose jurisdiction
the branch office is situated, in Form 2 accompanied by a fee of rupees one thousand in
respect of each such branch offices.
5. Scrutiny of application
A licensing authority shall, before granting or renewing a licence take into
consideration the following, namely:—
(i) that applicant has a good moral character and has intimate knowledge of
passenger transport business;
(ii) that the main office or the branch office of the applicant is either owned by the
applicant or is taken on lease by him or is hired in his name and it has adequate
space for reception room, administrative section, cloak room with locker
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facilities, sanitary blocks, [adequate parking space] for the motor cabs;
(iii) that the applicant has necessary facilities for the housing, maintenance and
repair of his vehicles;
(iv) that the applicant has at least one telephone which is accessible throughout
day and night;
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(v) that the applicant has [branch offices or sub-licensee offices] with
telephones, in not less than 5 cities of tourist importance with facilities for
housing, maintenance and repair of vehicles;
(vi) that the financial resources of the applicant are sufficient to provide for the
continued maintenance of motor cabs and for the efficient management of
the establishment;
(vii) that the applicant maintains not less than 50 motor cabs of which 50 per cent
are air-conditioned duly covered by permits issued under sub-section (9) of
section 88 of the Act, with comprehensive insurance, fitness certificate,
motor vehicles tax paid up to date:
PROVIDED that in the case of licence for a branch office situated in a place outside
the jurisdiction of the licensing authority, it shall be sufficient, if such branch office
maintains not less than five motor cabs.
6. Grant of licence
The licensing authority may, on receipt of an application under paragraph 4 and
after satisfying himself that the applicant has complied with the requirements of
paragraph 5, grant or renew the licence in Form 3 or, as the case may be, in Form 4:
PROVIDED that no application for a licence shall be refused by the licensing
authority unless the applicant is given an opportunity of being heard and reasons for
such refusal are given in writing by the licensing authority.
7. Duration of licence
A licence granted or renewed under paragraph 6 shall be valid for a period of five
years from the date of grant or renewal:
PROVIDED that in the case of the licences in respect of branch offices referred to
under clause (3) of paragraph 4, the validity of such licence shall be restricted to the
validity of the licence granted in respect of main office.

1 Substituted vide SO No. 808(E) dt. 28-11-1991 w.e.f. 28-11-1991.