TYAGI, J.

( 1 ) SINCE common questions of law and facts are involved in these 18 Writ petitions, we propose to dispose them of by a single judgment

( 2 ) THE petitioner in D. B. Civil Writ Petition No. 539 of 1965 (Shri Gopal Singh v. The State of Rajasthan and Others) has challenged the scheme pertaining to jaipur-Bharatpur route which is sought to be modified under Section 68-E of the motor Vehicles Act (hereinafter to be referred to as the "act") while the legality of the scheme for nationalising Udaipur-Kherwara Ratanpur route inclusive of udaipur-Rikhabdeo, Udaipur-Dungarpur, Udaipur-Ratanpur and Dungarpur-Ratanpur routes or portions thereof has been challenged by the other 17 writ petitions.

( 3 ) THESE 17 writ petitions have been filed by the existing operators who were holding non-temporary permits in the year 1962 for stage carriages on the aforesaid routes or portions thereof which were sought to be nationalised by the impugned scheme. This scheme was published by the Rajasthan Roadways for nationalising Udaipur-Ahmedabad route in the Udaipur Region inclusive of (i)Udaipur-Rikhabdeo: (ii) Udaipur-Dungarpur; (iii) Udaipur-Ratanpur, and (iv)Dungarpur-Ratanpur rout