Ramachandra Iyer, C.J.- This Appeal from the judgment of Veeraswami, J., raises a question as to the validity of an order of the State Government, purporting -to be made under section 43-A (2) of the Motor Vehicles Act, whereby two existing routes for running stage carriages were curtailed in part and extended in another direction.

The appellant, a bus operator, had permits to run a stage carriage over two routes, namely, Tiruchirappalli-Jayankondam-Sendurai and Thiruchirapalli-Jayankondam-Madanathur. In both the cases, the buses have to run over the same road from Tiruchirappalli to Jayankondan ; thereafter, the route to Sendurai goes north, while that to Madanathur goes south. Originally, the buses ran only from Tiruchirappalli to Jayankondan. That route was sanctioned some time prior to the year 1930 subsequently, the routes were varied by the Regional Transport Authority, so that the buses destined for Jayankondan were allowed to run to Madanathur and Sendurai. Those changes were effected in the year 1949 and 1954, respectively. The appellant, who held two permits, moved the Government to issue an order under section 43-A (a) of the Act, so as to extend the routes to Mayuram, si

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