GUPTA, J.—These two writ petitions arise out of the same subject matter and as such it would be proper to dispose them of by a common order.

2. The facts in which these writ petitions arise may be briefly stated. There is a bus route from Gangapur to Deogarh via Raipur and Kareda (hereinafter referred to as the route) which lies in the Udaipur region of the State of Rajasthan. The route is 55 miles long and A class. The petitioner applied for the grant of a non-temporary stage carriage permit on the route and according to the case of the petitioner no objections were filed against his application for the grant of a permit on the route, as a copy of any such objection was not received by the petitioner, as required under Section 57(4) of the Motor Vehicles Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act). The matter regarding the consideration of the application of the petitioner for grant of a permit on the route came up before the Regional Transport Authority, Udaipur (hereinafter referred to as the R.T.A.) on April 22, 1969. Amar Singh respondent No. 3 (in S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 896 of 1973) and another person Nathulal Dad appeared as objectors before the R.T.A. and contested the op

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