( 1 ) THIS order shall govern the disposal of Misc. Petition No. 3794 of 1985 also. Both these writ petitions have been filed by the same petitioner M/s. Punjab Sikh Regular Motor Service, Bilaspur.

( 2 ) SHORN of unnecessary details, the relevant facts are that Misc. Petition No. 3782 of 1985 pertains to the grant of a permit on Bilaspur-Ramanujganj route, whereas Misc. Petition, No. 3794 of 1985 pertains to Ambikapur-Bilaspur route. The Regional Transport Officer, Bilaspur, invited applications for grant of permits on 16th February, 1979. The petitioner along with others applied for the grant of permit on both these routes and his case is that this application was made within time. These applications, however, remained pending for long and ultimately it was on 30th September, 1983 and 29th June, 1984 that applications for the two routes were published in the official gazette. On 30th September, 1983 itself Scheme No. 89 was published under Section 68c of the Motor Vehicles Act 1939 (hereinafter referred to as the Act ). This scheme is about routes and not about any area and the routes inter alia cover by the scheme were Bilaspur-Madai and Tara Ambikapur. These r