1. This petition under Art.226 of the Constitution for the issue of a writ of certiorari raises the question whether sub-section (2) of S.64 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, as in force in the area formerly known as the District of Malabar, namely, as amended by Madras Act XXXIX of 1954, has become void by reason of the enactment of the new S.64A by Central Act 100 of 1956. The petitoner is a bus operator, and in August

1955 he obtained a permit from the Regional Transport Authority, Kozhikode for running a bus from Kozhikode to Sultan's Battery. The second respondent herein was a rival applicant, and he and the other unsuccessful applicants took the matter in appeal and eventually the State Transport Tribunal, Madras, (the appellate authority constituted under S.64 of the Act), after declaring the petitioner ineligible, remanded the matter to the Regional Transport Authority for fresh disposal after considering the claims of the remaining applicants. The matter is still pending with the Regional Transport Authority, and pending its disposal the Authority, after granting two successive temporary permits to the second respondent under S.62 of the Act, granted the third t