Somnath Iyer, J.—The petitioner is operating his stage carriage on the route between Yedavani and Bangalore, the major part of which lies within the region of the Regional Transport Authority, Bangalore. On November 6, 1961 he made an application to that Regional Transport Authority for the extension of his route. What he wanted to do was to proceed from Yedavani to a point called Bheemanahalli via Devalapura in continuation of the existing route. That application was considered by the Regional Transport Authority and allowed. From that decision of the Regional Transport Authority respondent 4 who is an operator between Nagamangala and Bangalore and who opposed the petitioner's application for the extension of the route, appealed to the State Transport Appellate Tribunal and that appeal was allowed. The petitioner's further appeal to the Revenue Appellate Tribunal was dismissed and so it is that he is be fore us now.

2. The route which was common to the petitioner and respondent 4 before the extension was granted by the Regional Transport Authority was the route between Bangalore and Yedavani. Respondent 4 was proceeding on his return journey from Yedavani to Devalapura and