1. This petition under Art.226 and Art.227 of the Constitution is directed against two orders, one passed by the Regional Transport Authority Jabalpur (respondent 2) on 20th August 1957 rejecting the petitioner's application for a stage carriage permit for the Chhindwara - Balaghat Via Seoni route (hereinafter called the route) for want of scope and the other passed in appeal by the State Transport Appellate Authority (respondent 1) on 26th March 1960 affirming the earlier order.

2. The petitioner, which is an association of persons providing transport facilities by road, applied as usual for a stage carriage permit for the route. The application was duly published. On 20th August 1957, the respondent 2 passed the following order:
"This route is adequately covered by a large number of services and, on the Seoni Gondia portion, the applicant himself has been granted a permit in a previous meeting. As the route is overcrowded and there is no scope, the application is rejected. Order communicated."
In the appeal filed by the petitioner against this order, the respondent 1, after long delay, passed on 26th March 1960 the following order :
"The counsel for C.P.T.S. stated that there is no s