BHARGAVA, J. :- This petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is directed against the two orders made by the first respondent Shri Brij Kishore Pateria, Minister of State (Home), Madhya Pradesh, on 20-3-1970 and 11-5-1970, staying the operation of a permit on an inter State route Jashpur-Ranchi via Gumla, which was granted by the State Transport Authority on 7-2-1970, pending consideration of the appeal filed by respondent No. 5 Ganesh Prasad Gupta against the grant of the said permit. The petitioner also seeks a direction restraining the first respondent by a writ of Prohibition or Mandamus from dealing with the appeal preferred by respondent No. 5 against the Order of the State Transport Authority (respondent No. 4) dated 7-2-1970 to the aforesaid effect.

2. Briefly stated, the facts are these. The petitioner and some other bus-operators, including respondent No. 5 Ganesh Prasad Gupta, had made applications for the grant of two single trip permits, i. e., one return trip permit on route Jashpur-Ranchi which lies partly in the State of Madhya Pradesh and partly in Bihar. The State Transport Authority, after giving a hearing to all the applicants, granted the