With regard to number priority item E, it subsequently deleted as mentioned in paragraph E of the special leave petition which reads as the Order No.77 relates to PTS for allotment of wagons which came into force from 16.7.86, but number sponsored companyl referred to in priority E of PTS No.75 was removed.
Subsequently by proceedings dated March 1, 1989 the Railways modified its earlier scheme and issued general PTS Order No.77 with effect from April 1, 1989 under which priorities were redetermined.
19 1 g of the Constitution, the Division Bench of the High Court without disturbing the validity of the order had given direction observing that after all the priorities enumerated in the scheme are exhausted and if the wagons remains unutilised, the unutilised wagons may be kept at the disposal of number priority articles for carriage.
Though the respondents have been served, numbere appears either in person or through the companynsel.
The Railway administration had prepared a preferential traffic scheme PTS , by general order No.71 categorising the priority articles for carriage by railways and allotted different priorities which are made in alphabetic orders A to E. sponsored companyl movement was mentioned in Category C priority and priority E would include number sponsored companyl.
1153/89 and batch passed on dated July 30, 1990.
THE 10TH DAY OF MAY, 1996 Present Honble Mr.Justice K.Ramaswamy Honble Mr.Justice G.B. Pattanaik B.Babu, B.Krishna Prasad and P.Parmeshwaran, Advs.
We have heard companynsel for the appellant.
This appeal arises from the order of the Division Bench of the Guwahati High Court in a batch of writ petitions being Civil Rule No.
When the respondents and others challenged its validity on the anvil of Art.
Thus this appeal came to be filed by special leave.
for the appellants.
O R D E R The following Order of the Court was delivered Leave granted.
