( 1 ) THIS writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution has been directed by the petitioner. Madhya Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation, against the order dated 25-6-1973 passed by the Regional Transport Authority, Sagar (respondent no. 1) granting a temporary permit in favour of Gulabchand Jain (respondent No. 3 ).

( 2 ) THE facts of the case in brief are that earlier the respondent No. 1 had granted a temporary permit vide its order dated 25-4-1973 in favour of the respondent No. 3 for the route Sagar, Jabalpur via Rehli, Garhakota, Abhana, Teigarh and tendukheda. This permit was valid for a period of one month with the expiry date as 25-6-1973. As it appears from the record that some persons had applied for grant of new regular permanent stage-carriage permit for the same route and those applications after being received by the respondent No. 1 had been sent for publication in the M. P. Rajpatra. In the meanwhile since the validity of the temporary grant was expiring, the respondent No. 3 again and one more person, nemichand Jain, applied for the grant of a temporary permit for the same route. Both the applicants desired the temporary grant for a period of