AVINASH SOMAKANT BHATE, J.

( 1 ) HEARD the learned Counsel for the petitioner and the learned Counsel for the respondents. The petitioner has been operating Bus bearing Registration No. KA. 07/3144 on an inter-State route from Bangalore to V. Kota. V. Kota is in Andhra Pradesh. The petitioner complains that respondents 4 to 7 preferred applications before the State Transport Authority (STA) Bangalore for seeking a permit of a Stage Carriage on a route formulated from Bangalore to Pathanhalli via Andhra Pradesh State border at V. Kota etc. , and vice-versa. It is alleged that the said route overlaps several approved schemes published in favour of Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) as well as Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC ). It is alleged that there are two approved schemes of Andhra Pradesh State published in G. O. Ms. No. 41, dated 5-1-1977 and G. O. Ms. No. 773 dated 3-6-1975. G. O. Ms. No. 41 scheme is in respect of route from Chittoor to Kupppam via Palmaner and V. Kota. Under the said scheme only existing permit holders on the inter-State routes have been exempted and there is a total ban or prohibition for future permits on the said int

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