ORDER :- In this writ petition filed by Ashok Auto Service of Betim the prayer made is for quashing the order dated 14-7-1967 by which the respondent no. 3, the Secretary of the State Transport Authority, issued four temporary permits in favour of respondent no. 4, M/s Maharashtra Goa Highway Operators, for plying buses on Betim-Bombay route.

2. The facts of the case are not in dispute and they fall within a short compass. On 11-7-1966 the petitioner addressed an application to the Director, Regional Transport Office, Bombay, for a permit for operating buses on Betim-Bombay route and return. A copy of this application was sent to the Director, Regional Transport Office, Panjim, with the covering letter of the same date in which the Director was requested to forward to the Director at Bombay the copy of the aforementioned letter with favourable comments. The Director at Panjim informed the petitioner that the latter better apply for the route permit when applications for the purpose will be called, while the Director at Bombay apprised the petitioner by letter dated 4-10-1966 that since the route in question was inter-state route it was necessary for the petitioner to obtain the reco

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