Appeal front the judgment and order dated October 3, 1966 of the Madras High Court in Writ Petition No.
258 of 1967.
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Ramaswamy, R. Gopalakrishnan and K. K. Venugopal, for the appellant.
N. Ranghachari, M.K. Ramamurthy, Shyamala Pappu and Vineet Kumar, for respondent No.1 The Judgment of the Court was delivered by Sikri, J. This appeal by certificate granted by the High Court of Madras is directed against its order dated October 3, 1966, allowing the writ petition filed under Art.
1159 of 1966.
On December 9, 1965, the application of M s Sri Ram Vilas Service Ltd., Kumbakonam for variation of the route Sirkali to, Kumbakonam was numberified under s. 57 3 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939.
226 of the Constitution by M s Raman Raman P Ltd., Kumbakonam, and quashing the order of the Regional Transport Authority, Thanjavur, dated March 28, 1966, whereby the Regional Transport Authority had granted the application for variation of the route Sirkali to, Kumbakonam of M s Sri Ram Vilas Service Ltd. Kumbakonam, in respect of two stage carriages.
M s Raman Raman P Ltd. filed the petition under Art 226 of the Constitution to quash the order of the Regional Transport Authority.
M s Raman Raman P Ltd., among others, filed objections and after hearing the objections, by order dated March 28, 1966, the Regional Transport Authority, Thanjavur, granted the application as, according to it, the variation applied for was in the interest of the travelling public.
