Vikramaditya Prasad, J.

1. The main issue in this writ is whether provision of Section 88(5) of the Bihar Motor Vehicles Manual has been complied with by the State-respondents. Section 88(5) of the Manual reads as follows :--

"Every proposal to enter into an agreement between the States to fix the number of permits which is proposed to be granted or counter signed in respect of each routs or area, shall be published by each of the State Governments concerned in the Official Gazette and in any one of more of the newspapers in regional language circulating in the area or rout proposed to be covered by the agreement together with a notice of the date before which representation in connection therewith may be submitted, and the date not being less than thirty days from the date of publication in the Official Gazette, on which, and the authority by which, and the time and place at which, the proposal and any representation received in connection therewith will be considered."

3. On perusal of this provision it is found that the proposal to enter into agreement between the States to fix the number of permits has to be published by each of the State Governments in the official Gazette a