( 1 ) THIS is a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution praying for the issue of a writ of Certiorari quashing the order passed by the Mysore State Transport Appellate Tribunal in appeal No. 554 of 1966.

( 2 ) THE case of the petitioner Is that ho was plying a Stage Carriage Service from Koppal to kawloor via Halligere, Wadegenhal, Handral, Mianalli and Alwandi. He had filed an application on September 80, 1965, before the Regional Transport Authority, Raichur, for variation of the existing route and timings. The change in the route was that instead of going from Wadegenhal to Mainalli via Handral, it should be via Hiresindogi. The application was duly notified on october 28, 1965 inviting objections before November 30, 1965. The date of hearing was december 15, 1965. No objections were received in time. The 1st Respondent filed his objections on January 10, 1966; but the same were rejected on the ground that they were not submitted within the notified date. The Regional Transport Authority, thereafter considered the merits of the petitioner's prayer and granted the variations in the route as well as in the timings. The 1st Respondent preferred an a