A conductors licence may at any time be revoked by any licensing authority if that authority has reasonable grounds to believe that the holder of the licence is suffering from any disease or disability which is likely to render him permanently unfit to hold such a licence and where the authority revoking a conductors licence is not the authority which issued the same, it shall intimate the fact of such revocation to the authority which issued that licence :
Provided that before revoking any licence, the licensing authority shall give the person holding such licence a reasonable opportunity of being heard.
Legal Commentary & Landmark Judgments: Section 32
Section 32 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 empowers the licensing authority to revoke an existing conductor's licence if the holder contracts any infectious disease or suffers a permanent disability rendering them unfit to perform public transport duties.
When challenging an administrative revocation under Section 32, invoke the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (RPwD Act) alongside Section 32. While the conductor's licence may be revoked for road duties to ensure commuter health, public transport corporations cannot arbitrarily dismiss the employee, but must offer equivalent alternative administrative employment.