RAMAKRISHNAN, J. :- The principal appeal out of which this batch are connected, is W. A, No. 222 of 1962, and it arises from W. P. No. 1168 of 1959 filed before this court by Sri Balasubramania Bus Service (P) Ltd., Tiruvannamlai. The circumstances under which these writ appeals are filed are briefly the following :

2. For the route Hosur to Tiruvannamalai, a distance of about 99 miles, the Regional Transport Authority, Salem, invited applications for the stage carriage permits. After considering the claims of the various applicants, the Regional Transport Authority granted the two permits to S. B. Sri Ranga Vilas (P) Ltd., and to Sri B.K. Periamunusami Gounder respectively. There were number of appeals filed by the disappointed applicants to the State Transport Appellate Tribunal, Madras. The State Transport Appellate Tribunal confirmed the grant of one permit to S.B Sri Ranga Vilas (P) Ltd., but set aside the grant of the other permit to Sri B. K. Periamunuswami Gounder, and allotted it to N. Sathianathan the proprietor of NT. S. Motor Service, Salem. Among the disappointed appellants, before the State Transport Appellate Tribunal, was Sri Balasubramania Bus Service (P) L