Judgment

IMAM, J. (delivering the majority judgment on behalf of B. P. Sinha, C.J.I., himself, Sarkar and Shah, JJ.) : This appeal is on a certificate granted by the Madras High Court as in its opinion it involved a substantial question of law to the effect "whether the delegation to the Regional Transport Officer of the power to vary the conditions of a permit is valid". The appellant is the proprietor of Sri Vinayagar Transports. Woriyu, Tiruchirapalli. He held a permit to ply his bus on the route Tiruchirapalli Mainguard Gate to Tiruchirapalli Railway Station via Palakarai and Round Tana. He applied on July 19, 1954, to the Regional Transport Officer, Tirucharapalli for variation of the route so as to ply his bus between Mainguard Gate and Golden Rock via Palakarai, Round Tana, Tiruchirapalli Railway Station and retrace again to Round Tana and thence to Golden Rock. The Regional Transport Officer notified this application for variation and called for objections. The appellant s application and the objections thereon were heard on July 15, 1955, but the Regional Transport Officer rejected the application. The appellant filed a revision petition before the Government of Madras unde