( 1 ) THIS is an appeal from a judgment of our brother M. L. Chaturvedi rejecting the appellants petition for a writ of certiorari to quash an order dated. March, 5/6, 1954 passed by the State transport Authority U. P. respondent No. 1 on appeal and a writ of mandamus directing the regional Transport Authority, Kanpur, to decide the appellants application dated March 1 and 2, 1954, for renewal of two permanent permits granted to him and directing it to renew the permits in preference to issuing fresh permits to others.

( 2 ) THE permits in dispute are for the route Tirwa-Debiapur. The Regional Transport Authority decided to open this route for the first time in 1951 and invited applications for permits. The appellant applied for two permits and one Shyam Sunder also applied for one permit. The applications of the appellant were published in the gazette as required under Section 57 (3) of the motor Vehicles Act (Act No. IV of 1939) on 28-4-1951 while the application of Shyam Sunder was published in the gazette on 17 -. 3-1951. These applications were considered by the Regional transport Authority at a meeting held by it on May 16/17, 1951 and it granted two permits to the