Sudha Sasikumar vs The Regional Transport Authority on 18 July, 2025
17. As regards the argument of the respondents that the
petitioner could not have operated without complying with the
conditions imposed in Ext P2 to obtain concurrence from RTA Thrissur, as
held by the Supreme Court in M/s. Bundelkhand Motor Transport Co.
v. Behari Lal Chaurasia and Another [1966 KHC 450], the permit
granted by a competent authority for one region will not be valid in any
other region unless the permit has been countersigned by the Regional
Transport authority, but an inter regional permit when granted is valid
for the region over which the authority granting the permit has
jurisdiction and when it is countersigned by the Regional Transport
Authority of the other region, the permit becomes valid for the entire
route. Therefore, the contention that the permit has no validity,
whatever, until it is countersigned by the Regional Transport Authority of
the other region cannot be accepted.