Where the number of stage carriages on city routes is limited under Section 71 of the Motor Vehicles…

Under s.71(3)(b), where the number of stage carriages on city routes is limited, a percentage of permits is reserved "for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes" in the same ratio as direct recruitment to the State's public services, and s.71(3)(c) requires the Regional Transport Authority to reserve that number. State transport undertakings, co-operative societies and ex-servicemen get only a preference, other conditions being equal, under the proviso to s.71(3)(d), not a reservation.