Bhandari, J.—This is a writ petition under Art. 226 of the Constitution of India on behalf of the petitioner Mangilal praying that the order of the Appellate Tribunal of the State Transport Authority, Rajasthan, Jaipur, respondent No, 1, dated the 14th of June, 1954, cancelling, under sec. 60(b) of the Indian Motor Vehicles Act, the permit for plying a stage carriage be set aside and respondent No.1 and the Regional Transport Authority Jodhpur Division Jodhpur respondent No. 2 be prohibited from interfering with the plying of bus of the petitioner.

2. The circumstances under which respondent No 1 ordered the cancellation of the permit of the petitioner are as hereunder—

The Regional Transport Authority, Jodhpur, published a notification in Rajasthan Rajpatra dated the 4th of October, 1932, inviting applications for permits for plying stage carriage on Makrana-Parbatsar-Bassi route for three years. The petitioners application was rejected by the Regional Transport Authority and the petitioner went in appeal respondent No. 1 which by its order dated the 4th of September, 1953, accepted the appeal of the petitioner and granted him permit for plying stage carriage on the above mentioned

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