Ramaswami, J.

1. In Misc. Judicial Case No. 334 of 1960, the petitioner, namely. M/s. Road Transport Company at Dhanbad, has been carrying on motor transport business by running stage carriage services on Dhanbad-Hazanbagh and Dhanbad-Giridih routes by virtue of permits granted by the Chotanagpur Regional Transport Authority. On the 29th January, 1960, the petitioner applied for renewal of permits under Section 58(2) of the Motor Vehicles Act. It appears that respondent No. 3, the Bihar State Road Transport Corporation, prepared a scheme under Sec. 68C of the Motor Vehicles Act for notification of certain routes, and the scheme was published in the Bihar Gazette dated 13-1-1960. A copy of the draft scheme in Hindi is annexure A to the application, which reads as follows:

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The petitioner and a number of other persons filed objections to the said scheme, and the objections were heard by the Minister of Transport on 16-3-1960. The Minister of Transport rejected the objections and on 1-4-1960, the draft scheme was approved with certain modifications and published in an extra-ordinary issue of the Bihar Gazette. The notification of the State Government dated 1-4-