Judgment

SINGH, J.

( 1 ) SPECIAL leave granted.

( 2 ) THIS appeal is directed against the judgment and order of the High Court of Raiasthan dated 9-8-1990 dismissing the appellants writ petition made under Article 226 of the Constitution challenging the scheme for nationalisation of the route in dispute.

( 3 ) THE appellant holds a Stage Carriage Permit for plying his vehicle on the Kota-Khanpur route, which overlaps a portion ol the Kota-Sangod route. The Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation, Jaipur issued a Notification on 11-10-1979 proposing a scheme under Section 68-C of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (hereinafter referred to as the old Act) for the exclusive operation of the vehicles of the State Road Transport Corporation on the Kota-Sangod route. The existing operators as well as the affected operators of the route filed their objections before the hearng authority appointed by the State Government of Rajasthan. The hearing authority after considering those objections approved the scheme under Section 68-D (2) of the old Act by its order dated 30-11-1984 and submitted the papers to the State Government for the issue of Notification under Section 68-D (3 ). Before the Stat