Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 · Chapter VI: Special Provisions Relating to State Transport Undertakings
Section 104: Restriction on grant of permits in respect of a notified area or notified route
Where a scheme has been published under sub-section (3) of section 100 in respect of any notified area or notified route, the State Transport Authority or the Regional Transport Authority, as the case may be, shall not grant any permit except in accordance with the provisions of the scheme:
Provided that where no application for a permit has been made by the State transport undertaking in respect of any notified area or notified route in pursuance of an approved scheme, the State Transport Authority or the Regional Transport Authority, as the case may be, may grant temporary permits to any person in respect of such notified area or notified route subject to the condition that such permit shall cease to be effective on the issue of a permit to the State transport undertaking in respect of that area or route.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 14 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 104
- Kerala State Road Transport Corporation v. Baby P. P. & Ors.
- Raj Transport Co. Pvt. Ltd., Amritsar v. State Transport Appellate Tribunal Pb. & Ors.
- A.P.S.R.T.C Etc. Etc v. State Transport Appellate Tribunal and Ors.
- U.P. State Roadways Transport Corpn., Lucknow Through Its General Manager v. Anwar Ahmed and Ors.