Sudipta Chowdhury & Anr vs The State Of West Bengal & Ors on 29 November, 2010
In Dibakar Sahu Vs. State Transport Authority, West Bengal &
Anr. reported in AIR 1991 Calcutta 261 cited by Mr. Bhattacharjee, a
learned Single Bench of this Court held that under Section 88(6) of
the Motor Vehicles Act, the State Transport Authority had to give
effect to Reciprocal Agreements. If under the Reciprocal Agreement
permit holder was entitled to make two trips on each day and
required another vehicle to be covered by the same permit, to enable
him to make two trips as sanctioned by the reciprocal agreement,
there could not be any good reason to deny the petitioner of the
benefit to which he was entitled under the Reciprocal Agreement.
This Court, in effect, held that allowing of an additional vehicle to
make the same number of trips would not amount to grant of an
additional permit.