( 1 ) THIS is a petition for a writ of certiorari to quash the order of the government of Andhra Pradesh dated 4th January, 1965, made in exercise of revisional jurisdiction remanding the case to the Regional Authority for fresh disposal according to law.

( 2 ) THE Petitioner is a motor transport operator plying stage carriages under permits granted by the Regional Transport Authority, Srikakulam. The Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, Srikakulam invited applications by a notification for grant of one stage carriage permit on the route Srikakulam to palasa. Eight operators in all sent their applications. The petitioner was applicant no. 5, the fourth respondent being applicant No. 9. Having notified the said applications in accordance with the procedure laid down in that behalf the Regional transport Authority considered the relative merits of the applicants and eventually granted the permit to the petitioner herein. The fourth respondent s case was rejected on the ground that he produced neither the income-tax clearance certificate nor the solvency certificate. Besides he had only one bus and could not therefore be preferred to operators having more buses. The points in favo

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