ORDER :

The writ petitioner applied for permit to operate mini bus from Puthanatham to Kaulpannai on 04.12.2002. Since the Regional Transport Authority did not pass any order on the said application, the petitioner filed W.P. (MD)No.1786 of 2003 and by order dated 22.01.2003, the authority was directed to pass appropriate orders in accordance with law on the said application. Probably foreseeing some difficulties, the petitioner submitted an application seeking permit for a modified route that is from Puthanatham to Kadaipitchampatti. By order dated 28.07.2003, the said application was rejected. Aggrieved by the same, the petitioner filed an appeal before the State Transport Appellate Tribunal, Chennai. By order dated 01.11.2004, the appeal was allowed and the rejection order was set aside and the matter was remitted to the file of the authority with a direction to consider the petitioner's request to modify the route and in the event of modified route satisfying the legal requirement to grant permit. The reason for passing the said order was because even though the authority was quite clear that the modification application has been filed, what was considered and rejected was the a