( 1 ) A declaration, that the action of the respondents viz. , Transport department, Government of A. P. , The Transport Commissioner, Andhra pradesh, The Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, East Godavari, West godavari and Cuddapah Districts, in indiscriminately granting temporary permits, contrary to the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (tor short the Act ) and the conditions of various notified schemes of the State Transport undertaking in the Districts of East Godavari, West Godavari and Cuddapah, is arbitrary and illegal, is sought by the A. P. S. R. T. C. The facts and contentions urged are summarised as hereunder: (A) About 95% of the routes in the State have been nationalised. Consequently as many as 16,500 buses are plying as stage Carriages transporting more than 1. 11 crore of people each day. (b) The petitioner is plying its buses on the notified routes as also on the non-notified routes as per the schemes and on the basis of need; providing adequate transport facility to the public. Its buses cover about 50 lakh kilometers every day. Upwards of 15% of its gross - revenues go to the State Exchequer by way of motor vehicle taxation (c) Th