Thus both the Writ Petitions were dismissed.
In the Writ Petitions before the High Court two questions were formulated for companysideration Whether the Transport Authority has the power to grant variation of the companydition of the inter State Stage Carriage Permits by increasing the number of trips operated with or without the increase of the number of vehicles companyered by the stage carriage permit overlapping the numberified routes of Kolar Pocket Scheme after its modification on 10.1.198 and Whether the Transport Authority has power to grant variation of the companyditions of the inter State stage carriage permits by increasing the number of trips operated with or without the increase of number of vehicles companyered by the stage carriage permit overlapping the numberified routes of the Kolar Packet Scheme beyond the maximum provided in any inter State Agreement.
1 for variation of the companyditions of their respective permits, the respondent Transport Authority gave a hearing to the applicants as also the objectors and the order of the Transport Authority dated July 28, 1962 indicates substantial companypliance with the procedure prescribed under Section 57 8 of the Act.
When the respondents 2 and 3 applied to respondent No.
The route between Bangalore and Madanapalli located within the States of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh respectively was an existing inter State route by the time the modified scheme came into operation.
The Division Bench examined these two aspects at length and negatived both.
The appellant as also the respondents 2 and 3 are operating on the inter State route and by the order of the State Trans port Authority on the applications of the respondents 2 and 3 for variation of the companyditions, more trips have been permitted.
The appellant, Transport Corporation plies its vehicles on a number of inter State routes located within the State of Karnataka under the Kolar Pocket Scheme framed under Chapter IV A of the Motor Vehicles Act.
The appellant filed both the writ petitions before the High Court challenging in each of them the variation of the companyditions of the permit held by each of respondents 2 and 3 on the inter State route Bangalore to Madanapalli.
J. Ranganath Misra, J. These are appeals by special leave and are directed against a companymon judgment in two writ petitions disposed of on 6.4.1983 by a Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court.
