Honble JASRAJ CHOPRA, J.—These two writ petitions involve common question of law and so, they were heard together and are being disposed of by a common order.

2. The facts necessary for the disposal of these two writ petitions briefly stated are:

(1) Facts of Charanjits Case :

3. The petitioner is an existing permit holder covering Bus Not RSK 493 on Hanumangarh to Sirsa via Shergarh Surewali route which is an interstate route, which has not now been curtailed upto Surewali route. His permit is valid upto 31.8.1993.

4. It is alleged that the Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation Jaipur (hereinafter to be referred as RSRTC) prepared a draft scheme under s. 68-C of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1959 (for short the old Act) (since repealed) vide Notification No.F. 4 (plan/RSRTC/Tr./483 in respect of four routes including Hanumangarh to Sangaria via Shergarh, Nagrana and portions thereof. The said draft scheme came to be published in part VII of the Rajasthan Gazette (Annexure-1) dated July 25, 1986 for inviting objections. Clause (4) of the said draft scheme provided that the RSRTC or any other State Transport Undertaking in pursuance of any reciprocal agreement would be exclusively ertitl

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