Judgement

SUBBA RAO J.: These appeals on certificates are directed against the judgement of the High Court of Judicature, Andhra Pradesh at Hyderabad, dismissing the petitions filed by the appellants under Art. 226 of the Constitution for issuing writs of certiorari to quash the orders of the Government of Andhra Pradesh confirming a scheme of nationalisation of transport and the subsequent orders of the Regional Transport Authority cancelling the appellants stage carriage permits.

2. These appeals are the off-shoot of the judgement of this Court in Gullapalli Nagesara Rao v. Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation, AIR 1959 SC 308 delivered on November 5, 1958. The facts were fully stated therein. It would be only necessary to recapitulate briefly the facts relevant to the present enquiry: The appellants were carrying on motor transport business for several years in Krishna District in the State of Andhra Pradesh. Shri Guru Pershad, styled as the General Manager of the State Transport Undertaking of the Andhra Pradesh Road Transport, published a scheme for nationalisation of motor transport in the said State from the date to be notified by the State Government. Objections t