https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=191527 A writ of certiorari may be issued where an inferior tribunal commits an obvious error of law by refusing to consider a factor that is legally relevant to the statutory decision it must make. In deciding applications for stage carriage permits, the transport authority had to consider public interest and other relevant matters under Section 47 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939. Government directions under Section 43-A were administrative only and could not justify ignoring a relevant consideration. The tribunal's view that a branch office on the route could not be treated as such because the applicant company had another branch elsewhere was legally untenable, so the order was properly quashed for fresh decision on the relevant issue. en-us Wed, 06 Feb 1963 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 25 Apr 2017 10:58:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=191527 A writ of certiorari may be issued where an inferior tribunal commits an obvious error of law by refusing to consider a factor that is legally relevant to the statutory decision it must make. In deciding applications for stage carriage permits, the transport authority had to consider public interest and other relevant matters under Section 47 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939. Government directions under Section 43-A were administrative only and could not justify ignoring a relevant consideration. The tribunal's view that a branch office on the route could not be treated as such because the applicant company had another branch elsewhere was legally untenable, so the order was properly quashed for fresh decision on the relevant issue. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 06 Feb 1963 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=191527