BENGALURU: Ola became the first technology-based taxi cab aggregator to obtain a licence under the Karnataka On-demand Transportation Technology Aggregators Rules 2016. The Bengaluru-based aggregator obtained its licence by registering and furnishing the details for 100 cabs.Transport commissioner Rame Gowda speaking to ET, confirmed the development. Ola will have to follow the rules for the rest of its fleet as well. “They have to install GPS, digital meter in the rest of their carsl, only then will they get a licence,” said Gowda. This brings to an end a long-standing tussle between Ola and the transport department in the state. The department had seized over 3,000 Ola cabs as part of its enforcement drive in the city over the past two months.The department had found that the aggregator rules, which came into force on April 2, had been flouted by several aggregators, including Ola and thus decided to curb these ‘illegal operations’ by impounding cabs for a period of one or two weeks and imposing hefty fines on cab drivers.According to an Ola official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, Ola has applied for a licence in Delhi. An official of the Transport Authority in Delhi confirmed to ETthat the aggregator had indeed applied for a licence and also added that he expected Ola to obtain a Delhi licence within the next two weeks.A total of six aggregators have applied for a licence in Karnataka so far. Apart from Ola, the others that have applied are Uber, TaxiForSure, Ridz, Welink and Shreyas. Narendra Holkar, joint commissioner (enforcement) said that Uber had not submitted their documents to the transport department and as a result, had not obtained its licence yet.The Karnataka High Court, on Monday, had extended its interim order on withholding Uber’s surge pricing till Thursday. The firm had earlier filed a petition challenging the Karnataka On-demand Transportation Technology Rules, 2016. The transport department had also declared that they would not impound cabs till the hearing came to an end.