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P L D 1957 W. P. (Rev.) 21              Motor Vehicle-----   ------Route permit-Route falling partly in Lahore and partly in Rawalpindi Region-Permit Issued by Authorities in Lahore-Concurrence to permit once given by Rawalpindi, cannot be withdrawn later.   Route permits for route falling partly in Lahore Region and partly in Rawalpindi Region were granted in the first instance by Lahore and were countersigned in concurrence by Rawalpindi on condition that "concurrence would be on reciprocal basis".   Held, that the condition imposed could not have any effect on the permits allowed to the companies. They will be considered to have been granted the permits in the normal way, both the R. T. As., being committed.   Withdrawal of concurrence on any failure of 'reciprocity is not permitted by Rules.   The companies could not be allowed to remain-in doubt regarding the validity of the permits which had been sanctioned to them by the Lahore Authority and countersigned by the Rawalpindi Authority.     ORDER   H. A. MAJID.------The two permits issue to the appellant companies by the Regional Transport Authority Lahore, were on a route falling in the Lahore region and partly extending to the Rawalpindi region. These permits were, therefore, forwarded to the R.T.A., Rawalpindi, for their concurrence. This concurrence was granted on 28th April 1956, and " it was further decided that this concurrence would be on reciprocal basis".   The Secretary R. T. A., present states that the purport of the above-mentioned words within inverted commas was that two bus permits would be issued by the R. T. A., Rawalpindi, at some future date and that the Regional Transport Authority, Lahore, would be required to grant concurrence and that if such concurrence was not granted, the countersignature in the case of the two permits of the appellant…