S. Mohan, J.

1. Both of these revision petitions can be dealt with under a common order. The parties will be referred to by their names to avoid any confusion.

2. Applications were invited for the grant of a stage carriage permit ion the route from Erode to Appakudal Sakthi Nagar (Sugar Factory) which is of a distance of 22 miles and 4 furlongs. This has to be classified as short route for which the new entrants will be given preference. The Regional Transport Authority, Combater by his proceedings, dated 27th April, 1971 preferred Taxi Drivers Bus Service, because of their co-operative nature of enterprise. Aggrieved against this order, R. Govindarajulu and Mahalakshmi Transports, the respondent in both these revisions and the revision-petitioner in C.R.P. No. 3098 of 1978, respectively, preferred appeals. They came to be numbered as Appeal Nos. 601 and 635 of 1971. The Tribunal after elaborate consideration ultimately concluded that it was the respondent, who was best suited for the grant and therefore it set aside the grant in favour of M/s. Taxi Drivers Bus Service. I should at this stage note as to how M/s. Taxi Drivers Bus Service came to be altered with regard to its stat