Furnishing of time-table

(1) Every operator of the stage carriage shall within seven days of being possessed of the vehicle furnish to the Taxation Officer in form ‘J’ a table regulating timings of arrival at departure of his stage carriage, as well as the number of single trips made in a month and such other particulars connected with his business as the taxation officer may, by order, from time to time required. (2) It shall be the duty of every Regional Transport Officer to ensure that the time table, regarding arrival and departure and number of trips of the stage carriage fixed by the concerned Regional Transport Authority or the State Transport Authority as the case may be. (3) Every Regional Transport Officer shall ensure that number of daily trips to be operated by a stage carriage in respect of which permit is granted on a existing route or newly formulated route is fixed by Regional Transport Authority or State Transport Authority as the case may be, be at the time of grant of permit. The effective date of change in the time table may be considered from the date of its approval in the meeting of the Regional/State Transport Authority, and the tax may be got deposited from the first date of the month in which the date of approval falls. (4) Where a Transport tax officer-1 is posted shall essentially give a clear report on the proposed time table and where Transport Tax Officer-1 is not posted Assistant Regional Transport Officer (Administration) shall endorse such report. (5) The log book of the stage carriage required under sub- section 3 of section 17 shall be maintained in form 'J-1'. (6) Where the Taxation officer is satisfied that any vehicle has covered more distance in any month as specified in the time table, he shall asses a tax for such additional operation and shall recover it as prescribed in the rules.