LALIT MOHAN SHARMA, J.

1. The petitioner, who is an operator of a bus service on the route Kandi-Garhwa in the district of Palamau, has by this ap-plication challenged the order as con-tained in Annex.-5 passed by the State Transport Appellate Tribunal, respondent No. 3, making modifications in the timings fixed by the respondent No. 1 Regional Transport Authority for the running of his bus. Admittedly, respondent No. 4 was running a service on the route Dalton-ganj-Kandi from before and certain por-tions of the two routes are common. The permit to the petitioner was granted for a period of 5 years on the 12th October, 1971, a copy whereof is Annex.-2. Ac-cording to the provisional timing, indi-cated therein, the bus had to leave Garhwa at 8.10 A. M. and Kandi at 4 P. M. Subsequently, there was another change whereby the petitioner had to start his bus from Kandi at 1.55 P. M. On the 20th April, 1972, another order was passed re-garding the timetable, a certified copy whereof is Annex.-3 to the writ applica-tion. The interpretation of this order is under controversy. The order states that the present petitioner Muneshwar Pandey was demanding revised timings on the ground th