( 1 ) TWO Division Benches of this Court having expressed conflicting views on a legal question, the State Transport Authority, for short, Authority or S. T. A. , noted the dilomma and made an earnest endeavour to steer clear of the judicial controversy in passing the impugned order, Annexure-D, on 15-6-1972. However, that ingenuity was a short-lived one inasmuch as that order being challenged before a learned single Judge of this Court in this petition, he referred the controversy to a Division Bench and that Bench, in turn, referred for the opinion of a Larger Bench, the following question :-"whether the permit-holder has a right under any provision of law or under inherent powers of the Court, to get the period of permit extended for the period during which the permit remained suspended?"

( 2 ) BECAUSE we have taken the view that it is necessary to finally dispose of this matter to make amends for the unintended and fortuitous proerastination, it is necessary to state first few facts for that purpose. The petitioner was granted a permanent stage carriage permit on Datia Chhatarpur via Jhansi, Mauranipur route which was valid from 16-3-1969 to 15-1-1972. The grant