VARMA, J. :- This is a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, it is directed against an order of the State Transport Appellate Tribunal, U.P. declining to implead the petitioner in a Revision.

2. Briefly stated the material facts are these :-

By resolution dated 6/7-7-1967, the Regional Transport Authority, Dehradun (hereinafter referred to as the Transport Authority) increased the strength of the Saharanpur-Gangoh-Jalabad Route from 45 to 90 stage carriages. In consequence of the increase in strength the Transport Authority invited applications for the grant of permanent permits on the aforesaid route. In response the petitioner as well as some others made applications. The applications were published in the U.P. Gazette.

3. The existing operators felt aggrieved by the increase in strength and they preferred a Revision before the State Transport Appellate Tribunal U.P. (hereinafter referred to as the Tribunal). The revision was allowed and the case was remanded to the Transport Authority. The Transport Authority refixed the strength increasing it from 45 to 60.

4. Against the aforesaid order increasing the strength from 45 to 60 the respondents Nos. 2 and 3