Govinda Menon, J.-This is an appeal under clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the judgment of our learned brother Subba Rao, J., in W.P.No.176 of 1951 by which he refused to set aside the order of the State of Madras dated 1st June, 1951, which in its turn set aside the order of the Regional Transport Authority East Godavari, and granted a stage coach permit to the 2nd respondent for the route Rajahmundry to Tuni via Pithapuram.

On 22nd June, 1949, the Regional Transport Authority, East Godavari by notification under section 57(3) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, notified a new route Rajahmundry to Tuni via Pithapuram, and invited applications for the grant of one pucca stage carriage permit for operating on the said route. The appellant and the 2nd respondent herein, along with a number of other people applied for the permit. The Regional Transport Authority granted the permit to the appellant, which order was confirmed on appeal, by the Central Road Traffic Board. Under section 64-A of the Motor Vehicles Act, an application to revise the order of the Regional Transport Authority was made to the Government who set aside the order of the Regional Transport Authority and issued a

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