THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION No.7682 of 2001 Date: 22.08.2007 Between: K. Sundara Rao, S/o.K.Chakravarthy ..... PETITIONER AND 1. State Transport Appellate Tribunal, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, Rep. by its Presiding Officer and two others. .....RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION No.7682 of 2001 ORAL ORDER: The petitioner’s application for grant of a pucca stage carriage permit to ply his bus on the Muffasil Service Route - Pathrakonda to Sompeta (via) Karthalipalem (Kummaripalem) , Palavalasa, Korlam, Lakkavaram and Sompeta Bus Stand, was rejected by the Regional Transport Authority, Srikakulam, through proceedings, dated 20.04.1998, in Rc.No.3299/A1/97. Aggrieved by the same, the petitioner preferred an appeal before the first respondent, State Transport Appellate Tribunal in A.P.No.347 of 1998. The said appeal was dismissed by the first respondent on 07.08.2000 holding that there is overlapping on the notified route - Visakhapatnam to Itchapuram under G.O.Ms.No.605/75, dated 19.05.1975 and the conditions of the scheme issued in the said G.O do not provide any exemption for any kind of overlapping on the said notified route covered by the approved scheme, and therefore, the petitioner was not entitled to grant of permit on the proposed route applied by him. Questioning the same, the present writ petition has been filed. On 08.08.2007, when the matter was taken up hearing, none appeared for the petitioner. Hence, the matter was directed to be listed under the caption “for dismissal”. Even today, when the matter is called none appears for the petitioner. Hence, the writ petition is dismissed for default/non-prosecution _____________________ A. GOPAL REDDY, J Date: 22.08.2007 va