G. B. PATNAIK, J.

( 1 ) THE appellate order of the State Transport Appellate Tribunal in M. V. Appeal No. 4 of 1992, annexed as Annexure 3, is the subject-matter of challenge in this writ application.

( 2 ) THE petitioner is a stage-carriage operator and applied for the inter-State route Paradeep to Jamshedpur via Jamsola for grant of a stage-carriage permit. The State Transport Authority in its meeting dated 10-12-1991 considering the merits and demerits of the different applicants granted two permits in favour of the petitioner for the route in question. While granting the aforesaid permits, the State Transport Authority took into consideration the fact that the petitioner is operating on the route on the basis of temporary permits and there has been no complaint against him and his operation has been considered as smooth and not detrimental to the interest of the travelling public and there is no tax arrear against him. Opposite party No. 2 being aggrieved by the aforesaid decision of the State Transport Authority filed an appeal before the State Transport Appellate Tribunal which was registered as M. V. Appeal No. 4 of 1992. The Tribunal by the impugned judgement came to the