Ajay Kumar Mittal, J.

1. This Letters Patent Appeal has been filed by the appellant against the judgment of learned Single Judge dated 13.2.2013, whereby the writ petition filed by it has been dismissed.

2. A few facts relevant for the decision of the controversy involved, as available on the record, may be noticed. The appellant, a Cooperative Transport Society filed a writ petition in this Court impugning the order dated 27.3.2009 passed by the State Transport Appellate Tribunal, Punjab (STAT)whereby the appeal filed by it was dismissed being time barred. Order dated 10.4.2001 passed by State Transport Commissioner has also been challenged whereby the application filed by the appellant for the grant of a regular stage permit on Pathankot to Ludhiana route was rejected. In pursuance to the surveyor report, a notice was published in the Motor Transport Gazette dated 22.4.2000 inviting applications for grant of six regular stage carriage permits for plying buses on six return trips. In response thereto, 170 operators including the appellant and private respondents submitted their applications seeking their claim for grant of permit. Contents of the applications were published