( 1 ) THE Judgment of the Court was delivered by the Hon ble The Chief justice: these are two connected petitions filed under Art. 226 of the Constitution of India, one for the issue of a writ of certiorari to quash the order of the regional Transport Authority, Chittoor, R. No. 203/a2/52 dated 25-3-1952 and the other for directing him to renew the permit of bus M. D. I. 242 in his favour. The Regional Transport Authority, Chittoor, granted the petitioner a stage-carriage permit in respect of bus M. D. I. No. 242 to operate on the route chittoor -Madanapalli. The permit of the said bus was to expire on 1-3-1952. On 3-1-1952, he filed an application for renewal of the same. The said application was duly notified under section 57 (3) of the Motor Vehicles Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act) and representations were called for on or before 10-3-1952. No representation objecting to the renewal was filed or received. The Secretany, Regional Transport Authority, Chittoor, in exercise of the powers delegated to him, refused to renew the permit on the ground that the history-sheet of the operator was bad and that he plied the vehicle without paying tax for 18 days. The said two writs

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