High Court questioned the illegal Private bus operators

 SMTV Desk 2017-03-22 18:40:29  Hyderabad,andhra pradesh,telangana,diwakar bus travels,RTC
High Court questioned the illegal Private bus operators

Hyderabad, March 22: The common High Court has directed the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana governments to submit a brief report by April 18 on the working hours of drivers engaged in private transport undertakings, including Diwakar Travels, in terms of AP Motor Transport Workers Rules, 1963.The bench of acting chief justice Ramesh Ranganathan and justice Shameem Akhter was dealing with a PIL filed by KVS Reddy, an advocate of the city, seeking directions to both the state governments and the authorities concerned to frame guidelines for effective implementation of the provisions of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961 and AP Motor Transport Workers Rules, 1963.The petitioner s counsel urged the court to declare as illegal the respondents failure in their statutory duty to prevent the accident on February 28 this year at Moolapadu village in Penuganchiprolu mandal in Krishna district of AP.He also sought directions to the government authorities not to permit transport operations by private operators who do not comply with the provisions of the Act 1961 and Rules 1963.Further, the counsel urged the court to direct the official respondents to make the competent authority for enforcement of AP Motor Transport Workers Rules, 1963, liable for the criminal negligence, for the loss of lives in the accident at Moolapadu or their failure to implement the law.After hearing the submissions of the counsel, the bench directed the two state governments to file a detailed report in the case and posted the matter to April 18 for further hearing.