Thereafter, the matter was taken up to the High Court in writ jurisdiction and the learned single Judge restored the permit awarded by the Regional Transport Authority but the fluctuating fortunes of the litigation proved at the writ appeal stage that the permit should go to the respondents predecessor.
It is represented by Shri M.K. Ramamurthi appearing for the appellant that from about 1960, for the last 16 years, both the parties had been plying their stage carriages on the said route.
But in appeal the State Transport Appellate Tribunal upset this award by its order dated March 11, 1959.
Before the Regional Transport Authority the predecessor of the appellant was awarded the permit on January 15, 1959.
R. Krishna Iyer, J. This appeal relates to the award of a stage carriage permit on the route Gopichattipalayam to Mambur.
