( 1 ) THE petitioner is a permit holder in respect, of the route Burdwan to Guskara via Suri Road and owns a stage carriage being No. W. G. H. 8016. There is another permanent stage carriage route namely Guskara to Bon-Naba-gram. The route between Burdwan to Bon-Nabagram via Suri Road covers the whole of the route Burdwan to Guskara and proceeds further on to a distance of 4 to 5 miles.

( 2 ) ON February 13, 1969, the respondent No. 5 (Dayamoyee Transport Service) applied for a temporary permit for 4 months from February 16, 1969, to June 15, 1969, in the route Burdwan to Bon-Kabagram via Suri Road for two Up and Down trips daily. On this application the Secretary to the Regional Transport Authority the respondent No. 4 (B. K. Majumdar, Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, Burdwan) made an order on the next day February 14, 1969, granting a temporary permit for four months with effect from February 16, 1969. It is this order which is the subject-matter of challenge in this Writ petition. The petitioner as the holder of a regular stage carriage permit for the route Burdwan to Guskara via Suri Road contends that the order granting a temporary permit is bad on se