Hyderabad, July 23 -- The Telangana High Court recently ruled that the Transport Department cannot reject vehicle conversion requests on speculative or arbitrary grounds.

This decision arose from a petition filed by C Ratnajee Rao of Hyderabad, who sought to convert his Innova vehicle from a Maxi Cab (a transport vehicle) to an Omni Bus categorised for non-transport use.

Though he completed all procedural requirements, including booking a slot and paying Rs 2 lakh for taxes and charges, his application was rejected by the Transport Department twice in 2022 and again in 2025 without adequate legal reasons.

Rao approached the High Court, which had earlier directed the department to decide the matter according to law. Despite this, the de...