KPPSC Assistant Director (Legal) (BPS-17) - Transport Department
The Directorate of Transport and Mass Transit, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa oversees vehicular regulation, vehicle emission testing, regional route permits, fare structures, and public transit systems (including the Peshawar Bus Rapid Transit - Zu Peshawar).
The Assistant Director (Legal) (BPS-17) defends the Directorate and Regional Transport Authorities (RTAs) before Civil Courts, High Courts, and the Supreme Court in route-permit disputes, public interest litigation, and service matters.
KPPSC 45-MCQs Examination Blueprint
The screening test comprises 45 objective MCQs based on:
1. Transport Regulations & Motor Vehicle Laws (approx. 20 Questions)
- Provincial Motor Vehicles Ordinance, 1965:
- Licensing provisions: Disqualification for holding driving license, medical fitness standards.
- Registration requirements: Temporary registration, transfer of ownership, suspension and cancellation of registration.
- Regional Transport Authorities (RTAs): Constitution, powers to grant, refuse, cancel, or suspend stage carriage, contract carriage, and goods carriage permits.
- Mandatory Third-Party Insurance requirements and claims tribunals.
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Urban Mass Transit Framework: Regulatory functions, fare determination mechanisms, and operator concession agreements.
2. Procedural & Administrative Law (approx. 25 Questions)
- Administrative Law Doctrines:
- Audi Alteram Partem (No one shall be condemned unheard) as an indispensable requirement in cancellation of public route permits.
- Doctrine of Legitimate Expectation and Proportionality in regulatory enforcement.
- Constitutional Writs (Article 199):
- Writs of Mandamus, Prohibition, and Certiorari against public statutory regulators.
- Civil Procedure (CPC): Notice under Section 80 CPC before instituting suits against government departments, and bar on injunctions interfering with public infrastructure under Order 39.