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Issues: Whether, in the matter of grant of a stage carriage permit under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, an application could be entertained or acted upon by the Chief Minister or any authority other than the statutory transport authorities, and whether directions issued through the Chief Minister's office could validly influence the grant of permit.
Analysis: The Act creates a complete statutory scheme for grant of permits and vests the relevant functions in the Regional Transport Authority and other prescribed statutory authorities. An application for a stage carriage permit had to be made and considered in the manner provided by the Act. The State's general control over transport policy did not authorise interference by the Chief Minister, or by any non-statutory authority, in the exercise of powers specifically conferred on the transport authorities. Such authorities were required to act strictly within the statute and could not bypass the prescribed procedure. The record showed that the fourth respondent approached the Chief Minister directly, that approval was conveyed from the Chief Minister's office, and that the transport authorities acted on those communications. That course was inconsistent with the statutory scheme and with the constitutional requirement that governmental action conform to law. The permit-granting function remained that of the statutory authority alone, and political or executive interference could not displace it.
Conclusion: The Chief Minister and any non-statutory authority had no jurisdiction to entertain or direct consideration of the permit application, and the impugned grant founded on such interference was invalid.
Ratio Decidendi: Where a statute entrusts a permitting power to specified statutory authorities, that power must be exercised only in the manner prescribed by the statute and cannot be usurped or controlled by the executive or any other authority not so empowered.
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