Judgment

Sethi, J.- I.A. Nos. 2 and 3 filed in Civil Appeal No. 1122 of 1998 are allowed.

2. Regional Transport Authority, Bika­ner is stated to have circulated a Circular Note No. 3537 for opening a route Bhadra-Delhi being the inter-State route lying within the jurisdiction of the States of Rajasthan, Haryana and U.T. Delhi. Appellant Birbal applied for grant of one stage carriage permit on the said route for which he offered his Bus Model No. 1986. Besides appellant, Abhey Singh and Kan Singh also submitted applications for the grant of permit on the same route. The Regional Transport Autho­rity, Bikaner (hereinafter referred to as “RTA, Bikaner) is stated to have resolved on 22nd November, 1993 to open the said route but granted the permit in favour of Abhey Singh only for providing daily one return trip. The appellant’s application was rejected along with one Kan Singh. Being aggrieved with the order of the RTA, Bikaner, the appellant and Kan Singh filed separate ap­peals, the appellant’s appeal being No. 64/94 before the State Trans­port Appellate Tribunal, Rajasthan, Jaipur. The Tribunal took up both the appeals together and allowed the same vide its order dated 4.4.1994. The