ORDER :- The short facts leading to this writ petition are as follows : The State Transport Authority, Madras, pursuant to Government D.O. No. 114321/Transport/VII-77-78 Home, dated 22-4-1978, has issued a circular No. 6/79 dated 25-1-1979, in RC No. A.1/77110/78 to ail the Regional Transport Authorities, Officers of the State Transport department and the Managing Directors of all State Transport undertakings in the following manner :-

"The matter has been examined in the light of the legal provisions. There is no need to hold timings conference when a new route is opened or additional bus or buses or trips are introduced on existing routes either under Chapter IV or Chapter IV-A of the Motor Vehicles Act. The Regional Transport Authority or the State Transport Authority can fix suitable timings with reference to the timings of other operators on the same route or over-lapping sectors. A timing conference can be held later, if there is any objection by any operator. All the Regional Transport Officers and District Transport Commissioners are requested to bear these in mind while fixing timings." The petitioner, who is a bus operator, in Madurai, district, with three mute bu