Judgment

K.RAMASWAMY, J.:- This appeal by special leave arises against the judgment of the Division Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court dated October 3, 1977 in Writ Petn. No. 3343/ 75. The Govt. in exercise of power under S. 68-D in Chapter IVA of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 approved a draft scheme framed under S. 68-C through G.O.M.S. No. 753, Home (Transport) Dept. dated June, 1975, published in the gazette on June 4, 1975, relating to the route Anantapur to Dharmavaram via Mamillapalli. The scheme No. 82 of 1974 was questioned in Writ Petition No. 3827/75 and the same was upheld by a single Judge on September 30, 1975 and on appeal in Writ Appeal No. 80 of 1975 dated November 14, 1975, the Division Bench upheld the same. While approving the scheme the routes, namely, (1) Kodikonda to Anantapur via Dharmavaram, (2) Bukkapatnam to Anantapur via Dharmavaram, (3) Interstate route Virechal to Dharmavaram via Anantapur, (4) Anantapur to Puttaparti via Dharmavaram to the extent indicated in the note thereunder were exempted from the scheme. Thereby the partial exemption of these routes from the approved scheme stood upheld. Thereafter the two respondents filed the writ petition cha