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SECTION 74 THE MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988 63

to grant a separate permit in respect of the original route as so varied or
any part thereof;
(xxiii) that the holder of a permit shall furnish to the Regional Transport Authority
such periodical returns, statistics and other information as the State
Government may from time to time prescribe;
(xxiv) any other conditions which may be prescribed:
1 [PROVIDED that the Regional Transport Authority may waive any such condition for
a stage carriage permit operating in a rural area, as it deems fit.]
COMMENTS
Operator is expected to maintain specified standards of comfort and cleanliness in the vehicle.
Object of the Motor Vehicles Act and the permits issued thereunder is to provide travelling facilities
without exposing public to risk of human life. Where the vehicle being in shabby condition does
not give reasonably comfortable travelling facilities for the public, the purpose for which the permits
are granted stand frustrated.—Hindustan Bus Service v. State Transport Appellate Tribunal AIR
1991 All 382
The affixation of notification on the notice board is no notice to the interested permit holders
unless circumstances show that such permit holders naturally notice the notification.—K.
Mohammed Sadiq v. Secretary Regional Transport Authority AIR 1994 Ker 1
73. Application for contract carriage permit
An application for a permit in respect of a contract carriage (in this Chapter referred
to as a contract carriage permit) shall contain the following particulars, namely,—
(a) the type and seating capacity of the vehicle;
(b) the area for which the permit is required;
(c) any other particulars which may be prescribed.
74. Grant of contract carriage permit
(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (3), a Regional Transport Authority
may, on an application made to it under section 73, grant a contract carriage permit in
accordance with the application or with such modification as it deems fit or refuse to
grant such a permit:
PROVIDED that no such permit shall be granted in respect of any area not specified
in the application.
(2) The Regional Transport Authority, if it decides to grant a contract carriage
permit, may, subject to any rules that may be made under this Act, attach to the permit
any one or more of the following conditions, namely,—
(i) that the vehicles shall be used only in a specified area or on a specified
route or routes;
(ii) that except in accordance with specified conditions, no contract of hiring,
other than an extension or modification of a subsisting contract, may be
entered into outside the specified area;
(iii) the maximum number of passengers and the maximum weight of luggage
that may be carried on the vehicles, either generally or on specified
occasions or at specified times and seasons;

1 Inserted by the Motor Vehicles (Amdt.) Act, 2019 (32 of 2019), dt. 9-8-2019, w.e.f. 1-9-2019 vide SO
3110(E), dt. 28-8-2019.