Gangele, J.

1. The petitioner has filed this petition challenging the order dated 20th February, 2009 passed by the respondent No. 1-M.P. State Transport Appellate Tribunal, Gwalior.

2. The petitioner submitted an application on 28-07-2003 for grant of stage carriage permit. On the aforesaid application, four objectors, namely, Naveen Kumar Agrawal, Vinod Kumar Paramand Patidar- respondent No. 3, Akhilesh Kumar and the M.P. State Road Transport Corporation, Indore submitted their objections. The matter was considered by the Regional Transport Authority in its meeting held on 24-09-2003. One of the objection raised before the authority was that the route for which the petitioner applied for grant of permit was not formulated in accordance with Section 68(3)(ca) of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act, 1988'), hence, application submitted by the petitioner for grant of permit was not maintainable, that objection has been rejected by the Regional Transport Authority-respondent No. 2 on the ground that before passing the order, the State Transport Authority vide order dated 02-09-2003 approved the proposal of route under Section 68(3)(ca) of the Act of 1988.