( 1 ) THE petitioner Madhya Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation by this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution calls into question an order of the state Transport Appellate Authority dated 23rd February 1972 passed in Appeal no. 25 of 1971.

( 2 ) THE facts are that the Bundelkhand Motor Transport Company, hereinafter referred to as the Company held a stage carriage permit for the route Chhatarpur to Damoh. This route is an inter-regional route 112 Kilometres of which lie in Rewa region and 48 Kilometres in Jabalpur region. The permit held by the Company was granted by the Regional Transport Authority, Rewa, and was countersigned by the regional Transport Authority, Jabalpur. The Company applied for extension of its permit from Damoh to Jabalpur via Tendukheda and Patan. The distance between damoh to Jabalpur is 108 kilometres and this route lies wholly in Jabalpur region. The application for extension was made by the Company to the Regional Transport authority, Rewa which had granted the original permit. The Regional Transport authority, Rewa, by its order passed on 10th March 1970 allowed the application for extension subject to the grant of countersignature