ORDER :- The petitioner was the respondent in an appeal filed by the respondent in this civil revision petition before the State Transport Appellate Tribunal. The subject-matter of the appeal related to the grant of renewal of a stage carriage permit for the bus MDS 4009 (since replaced by MDU 8715) in respect of the route Kambainallur to Hogainaikkal via Dharmapuri for a period of five years from 9-6-1971. The respondent herein had also applied for the grant of a stage carriage permit to him to ply on the same route. The relevant dates may now be noticed. The normal permit of the petitioner was to expire on 9-6-1971. He made an application for renewal on 9-2-1971. Representations were called for under Section 57 (3) of the Motor Vehicles Act on 5-4-1971, and the last date for filing such representations was fixed at 30-4-1971. The respondent herein sent his representations on 28-4-1971, and also made a counter application for the grant of the permit in his favour which was also notified in the usual manner on 4-5-1971. Again representations on the counter application made by the respondent were called for and a date for filing such representations was also fixed. At the meeting of

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