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It is mandatory
for owner of a transport vehicle to obtain permit and use / permit the use of
the vehicle in accordance with the conditions of the permit granted or
countersigned by the Regional or State Transport Authority.
Rationing and
quota in permits have been done away with. An application for permanent may be
made at any time. Granting of permit is decided by the S.T.A. / R.T.A.
Board as the case may be, keeping in view the overall public interest and
advantages to the public, of the services likely to be provided, subject to
compliance of the requisite condition and formalities.
There are
different categories of permit :
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Contract
Carriages |
Taxi Cab and Maxi Cab |
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Stage
Carriage |
Line Bus, Mini Bus and City
Bus |
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Goods
Carriages |
Carriage of goods on hire
and carriage of owner’s own goods |
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Casual
Contract Carriage |
partly for carriage of
passengers and partly for carriage of goods |
Practically
there are no restrictions for grant of permits to goods carriage vehicles, for
transportation of public goods on hire.
There are two
types of permit : Periodic and Temporary.
A permit other
than a temporary permit shall remain effective for a period of 5 (five) years.
The state
transport authority is vested with powers to grant permit on inter state route
to cover long distance goods traffic and passengers traffic. The S.T.A. can also
issue permit to transport vehicle for operation in route and areas falling under
jurisdiction of inter regions.
The regional
transport authority is empowered to issue regional road permits to transport
vehicle for operation in and within the jurisdiction of the regional authority.
The Regional
Transport Authorities can also issue / extend the operation of permits in other
regions subject to countersignature by the R.T.A. of the regions concerned.
In special
occasion and circumstances, special road permits are granted for a very short
duration on application made.
Applications
for permits are available in the office of the secretary S.T.A. and secretary
R.T.A.
National road
permit and all India tourist permits for buses and taxies are granted liberally
by S.T.A. on consideration of increasing trend of economic activities.
Being a hilly
state, road transport is the only means of communication. Keeping in view the
ever-increasing mobility of the public and movement of goods, permit facilities
are expanded.
To support
self-employment, road permits are also granted to auto-rickshaw to ply in a
rural area and Shillong town.
To sum up,
transport authorities having regard to overall public interest and economic
growth, grant road permits.
Permits can be
renewed on application made subject to compliance of the requirements.
It is important
to note that permits issued / granted are valid (subject to validity of the
documents of the vehicles and compliance of all the conditions attached to
permits). Using and permitting use of a transport vehicle in violation and
contravention of the provision of the M.V. act and rules will attract penalty.
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