17Orders refusing or revoking driving licences and appeals therefrom
(1) Where a licensing authority refuses to issue any learner’s licence or to issue or renew, or revokes, any driving licence, or refuses to add a class or description of motor vehicle to any driving licence, it shall do so by an order communicated to the applicant or the holder, as the case may be, giving the reasons in writing for such refusal or revocation.
(2) Any person aggrieved by an order made under sub-section (1) may, within thirty days of the service on him of the order, appeal to the prescribed authority which shall decide the appeal after giving such person and the authority which made the order an opportunity of being heard and the decision of the appellate authority shall be binding on the authority which made the order.
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- 3 Necessity for driving licence
- 4 Age limit in connection with driving of motor vehicles
- 5 Responsibility of owners of motor vehicles for contravention of sections 3 and 4
- 6 Restrictions on the holding of driving licences
- 7 Restrictions on the granting of learner's licences for certain vehicles
- 8 Grant of learner's licence
- 9 Grant of driving licence
- 10 Form and contents of licences to drive
- 11 Additions to driving licence
- 12 Licensing and regulation of schools or establishments for imparting instruction in driving of motor vehicles
- 13 Extent of effectiveness of licences, to drive motor vehicles
- 14 Currency of licences to drive motor vehicles
- 15 Renewal of driving licences
- 16 Revocation of driving licence on grounds of disease or disability
- 17 Orders refusing or revoking driving licences and appeals therefrom
- 18 Driving Licences to drive motor vehicles, belonging to the Central Government
- 19 Power of licensing authority to disqualify from holding a driving licence or revoke such licence
- 20 Power of Court to disqualify
- 21 Suspension of driving licence in certain cases
- 22 Suspension or cancellation of driving licence on conviction
- 23 Effect of disqualification order
- 24 Endorsement
- 25 Transfer of endorsement and issue of driving licence free from endorsement
- 26 Maintenance of State Registers of Driving Licences
- 27 Power of Central Government to make rules
- 28 Power of State Government to make rules