( 1 ) THIS petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution is mainly directed against-

(i) an order dated 2nd February 1965 whereby R. S. Shukla, Special secretary to the State Government in the Home Department, approved under Section 68d (2) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (hereinafter called the Act), Schemes Nos. 2, 4, 5, 7 and 9 with certain modifications, all these Schemes having been prepared and published earlier under section 68c of the Act; (ii) the subsequent publication of Scheme No. 2 in the Official Gazette dated 12th February 1965 as required by Section 68d (3) of the Act; and (iii) a notice dated 26th February 1965 Issued under Section 68f (2) of the Act by which certain permits held by the petitioner for some routes covered by Scheme No. 2 were cancelled.

( 2 ) IN Miscellaneous Petition No. 126 of 1965, some other existing operators have claimed similar reliefs in regard to the same Scheme No. 2. For like reliefs, similar miscellaneous Petitions, Nos. 129 and 159 of 1965 in regard to Scheme No. 4, No. 171 of 1965 in regard to Scheme No. 5, Nos. 157, 165, 169, 170 and 243 of 1965 in regard to Scheme No. 7 and Nos. 137, 149, 158 and 168 of 1965 in re