Bapna, J. - (1.) These three references arise out of three writ petitions, No. 144 of 1958 by Ashoka Bus Transport Corporation, Bhilwara, No. 145 of 1958 by Motor Workers Co-operative Society Ltd., Bundi, and No. 158 of 1958 by Korah Transport Ltd., Kotah, in which similar questions of law have arisen, and have been referred to this Full Bench.
(2.) The facts, which have led to these writ petitions, are common to all of them. By a Notification of 21st March, 1957, published in the Rajpatra of 4-4-1957, the Regional Transport Authority, Udaipur, invited applications for various routes including the Kutah-Bundi-Chittorgarh route, mentioning the number of permits to be granted on this route to be 2. It was, however, mentioned in the notification that "the Regional Transport Authority reserves the right to amend nr cancel the route or change the number of permits or vary the condition thereof on any route." Various persons applied for permits on this route, and their applications were published in the Rajasthan. Rajpatra of 6th June, 1957, under notification of 24th May, 1957. The date when the applications were to be taken into consideration was mentioned to be notified later on. It so happened that the application of one Framji Motor Transport Company, Nasirabad, was left out of publication by some inadvertence, and a fresh Notification dated 25th June, 1957, was issued in the Rajpatra of 11th July, 1957, publishing the said application in continuation of the previous Notification.
(3.) The Regional Transport Authority (R. T. A.) held its meetings on 29/30th July, 1957. At the outset the R. T. A. decided that four permits should be granted in place of two advertised on the Kotah-Chittorgarh route, and then proceeded to consider all the applications and decided to grant one permit each to Kotah Transport Ltd., Kotah, Bundi Electric Supply Co. Ltd. Bundi, Motor Workers Co-operative Society Ltd., Bundi, and Ashoka Bus Transport Corporation, Bhilwara. The rest of the applications, including Framji's application, were rejected.;