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As if, the expression 'as if' used in s. 58 (2) would mean and imply that the application for renewal must be made in the same manner and to same extent as an application for a fresh permit and must be processes as such, Sher Singh v. Union of India, AIR 1984 SC 200 (205). [Motor Vehicles Act (4 of 1939), s. 58 (2)]

The clause 'as if' is not intended to take in cases of territories which are administered with the full knowledge that they do not belong to West Bengal and had to be transferred in due course to Pakistan, Ram Kishore v. Union of India, AIR 1966 SC 644 (648). (Constitution of India, Sch. 1 Entry 17)