Sharma, J. — These are two petitions, one No. 275 of 1952, by the Dholpur Co-operative Transport and Multipurposes Union Ltd. (to be hereinafter referred to as the Union), and the other No. 276 of 1952 by the Dholpur Motor Transport Association (to be hereinafter referred to as the Association), under Art. 226 of the Constitution of India. Both are directed, inter alia, against the Appellate Authority (Transport) Rajasthan, the State Transport Authority Rajasthan, and the Regional Transport Authority, Jaipur Region. In petition No. 275 Satya Narain Singh and in petition No. 276 Choudhary Khazan Singh have also been made opposite parties.

2. The facts, so far as they are necessary for the disposal of these two petitions, are that applications for stage carriage permits were invited, inter alia on the Dholpur-Agra route, vide notification dated 28th June, 1951, of the Office of the Transport Commissioner, Rajasthan, Jaipur, published in the Rajasthan Gazette dated 7th July, 1951. The applications were to be submitted within ten days of the publication of the said notification. Applications were made in pursuance of this notification, and names of 50 applicants were published in the Ra

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