( 1 ) THIS order will also govern Miscellaneous Petition No. 95 of 1963.

( 2 ) THE petitioner Sheelchand and Co. 's application for the grant of a stage carriage permit for Shujalpur-Bhopal route was rejected by the Regional Transport authority, Bhopal. It was, however, granted in. appeal by the' State Transport appellate Authority. While granting the permit applied for, the Appellate Authority made it conditional on the petitioner putting up a bus of 1962 model on the route. The other petitioner Suganchand Sheelchand and Company's application for the grant of a stage carriage permit for Sironj-Bhopal route was also similarly granted by the State Transport Appellate Authority and on the same condition. Both the petitioners now challenge the validity of the conditions attached to their permits, and pray for the issue of writs of certiorari for quashing them.

( 3 ) IT was argued by Shri Sen, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners, that each of the petitioners had been granted "p. St. S. " permit and not "p. St. P. " permit; that while on a "p. St. P. " permit, in relation to a particular stage carriage a condition of the year of manufacture of the vehicle could be