575 to 596, 634, 540 and 570 to 572 of 1967 respectively.
Appeals from the judgment and order dated October 19, 20, 1967 of the Bombay High Court, Nagpur bench in Special Civil Applications Nos.
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Respondent No.
The approval was, however, challenged by private operators in Special Civil Application No.832, 840, 842, 844 and 847 to 851 of 1968 .
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by Ramaswami, J. These appeals are brought by certificate from the judgment of the Bombay High Court dated October 20, 1967 in Special Civil Applications Nos.
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeals Nos.
825 851 of 1968.
N. Phadke, M.W. Puranik and Naunit Lal, for respondent No.
The appellant is the State Road Transport Corporation of the State of Maharashtra companystituted under the Road Transport Corporation Act 64 of 1950 .
1 in C. As.
540, 570 to 572, 575 to 596 and 634 of 1967 filed under Arts.
N. Phadke, C.G. Madholkar and A. G. Ratnaparkhi, for respondent No.
226 and 227 of the Constitution of India.
The Provincial Transport Services the predecessor of the appellant had been also operating the stage carriage service in the adjoining and nearby areas and had made applications sometime in January, 1961 for grant of substantive permits for the same routes.
The scheme was approved by the Chief Minister of the then Bombay State.
K. Daphtary, Attorney General, Santosh Chatterjee and P. Singh, for the appellant in all the appeals .
The Provincial Transport Services had published a scheme under s. 68D of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 hereinafter called the Act under which it proposed to take over several routes in the region including the routes in respect of which renewal applications were made by the appellant and the private operators.
825 to 831 and 833 to 838 of 1968 .
845 of 1968 .
1 who is a private stage carriage operator alongwith other such private operators, had applied for renewal of stage carriage permits which they were holding and which permits were to expire on March 31, 1961.
V.S. Mani, for respondent No.
1 in C. As.
