DAVE, C.J.—This is a writ application by Messrs Ramanlal Chunnilal under Art. 226 of the Constitution of India.

2. The facts giving rise to it are as follows : —

Respondent No. 3 Shri Shyam Sunder Sharma obtained one non-temporary permit for plying a stage-carriage on Chechat-Jhalawar route on 15th May, 1953 from the Regional Transport Authority, Udaipur. This permit was subsequently extended upto Jhalrapatan, a township about four miles ahead of Jhalawar, and later on, it was extended to Raipur. On 19th October, 1957, the Collector, Jhalawar, granted further extension of the route upto Chavli which was about six miles ahead of Raipur. Thus respondeat No. 3 continued to ply his bus from Chechat to Chavli upto 31st December, 1960. The period of his permit, however, was to expire earlier and so he had presented an application for the renewal thereof. When his application for renewal of the permit came for consideration before the Regional Transport Authority, it was found that the extension given to him by the Collector from Raipur to Chavli was unauthorised and so the Regional Transport Authority rejected his application for renewal of the permit on the ground that there was no such r

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