JUDGMENT

DUTT, J. :— These appeals by special leave preferred at the instance of the Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, Bangalore, and the State of Karnataka, are directed against the judgment of the Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court dismissing the appeal preferred by the appellants and affirming that of the learned single Judge of the High Court where by the Rule issued on the writ petition filed by the respondent No. 1 D. P. Sharma was made absolute

2. The respondent No. 1, who is the owner of a public service vehicle, made an application on Oct. 10, 1976 to the Regional Transport Authority for the grant of a special permit under sub-sec. (6) of S. 63 of the Motor Vehicles Act for the period from Nov. 15, 1976 to Nov. 22,1976. The Regional Transport Authority rejected the said application on the ground that the provisions of the Karnataka Contract Carriages (Acquisition) Act. 1976 (he reinafter referred to as the Ad) prohibit the grant of such permits. The respondent No. 1 being aggrieved by the refusal by the Regional Transport Authority to grant a special permit filed a writ petition in the High Court. A learned single Judge of the High Court allowed the writ peti