MYSORE STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION vs MYSORE STATE TRANSPORT APPELLATE TRIBUNAL

The Supreme Court held that under Chapter IV-A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, permits cannot be granted to private operators whose routes overlap with notified routes. The Court emphasized that the Act provides a mechanism for regulating the exclusion of private operators from notified areas. The appeal was allowed, reversing the High Court's dismissal, and reaffirming that no licenses can be issued for routes that traverse any part of a notified route, as established in prior cases such as Y. S. Kondala Rao v. Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation.