( 1 ) THIS is an application under Article 226 of the Constitution for writs in the nature of Certiorari and Prohibition for quashing of an order made by the Appellate Sub-Committee of the State Transport Authority, West Bengal dated the 21st May 1956 modifying an order of the Regional Transport Authority dated the 6th January, 1956 in respect of grant of certain stage carriage permits under the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act. 1939 and also for prohibiting the respondents from giving effect to the said order.

( 2 ) THE case of the petitioner is that the petitioner is a Private Limited Company registered under the Indian Companies Act. There are three members of the Company who are brothers, viz. , Hari Charan Metia, who is a Driver Mechanic, Sushil Chandra Metia. who is also a Driver Mechanic and Bankim Chandra Metia. who is the Managing Director of the said Company. Since the incorporation of the Company on the 29th May, 1949 the petitioner has been plying stage carriages on permits granted under the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act In different routes on Tamluk-Norghat and Tamluk-Terapekhia. Pursuant to a notice dated the 28th-March. 1953 published in the loc