IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION NO: 23471 of 1999 Between: A.P. State Road Transport Corporation, rep. By its M.D., Mushirabad, Hyderabad ... PETITIONER AND 1. State Transport Appellate Tribunal, A.P., Hyderabad Represented by its Presiding Officer. 2. Regional Transport Authority, East Godavari, rep. By its Secretary 3. Sri D. Pullayya Chowdary, S/o Venkatarao Tarvanpet, 4-13-8 Mandapet, East Godavari District. ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ, order or direction, especially in the nature of Writ of Certiorari, calling for the records relating to the impugned Order dt.29.09.1999 made in M.P.No.219/99 in AP.No.550/98, STAT, A.P., Hyderabad dismissing the Implead Petition in M.Pno.219 of 99 in WP.No.550/98, and quash the same as being illegal, without jurisdiction and invalid, and pass such other and further orders to meet the ends of justice. For the Petitioner: MR.K.HARINATH For the Respondent: None appeared. The Court Made the Following Order: W.P.NO.23471 OF 1999 ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for petitioner. None appears for respondents in spite of service. In view of the law declared by this Court in APSRTC V. SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT. TRANSPORT DEPT. AND OTHERS [1] that State Road Transport Corporation has to be invariably heard by the State Transport Appellate Tribunal before considering the grant of any such permit, which overlapped the approved scheme, the impugned order passed by the STAT rejecting the request of the APSRTC to come on record objecting the grant of permit on the route, which overlaps the scheme, cannot be sustainable and the same is accordingly set aside. The Writ Petition is allowed. __________________ (A. GOPAL REDDY, J) June 28, 2004 MRR That Rule Nisi has been made absolute as above. Witness the Hon’ble Sri Devinder Gupta, the Chief Justice on this the twenty-eighth day of June Two thousand and four. ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER 1. State Transport Appellate Tribunal, A.P., Hyderabad Represented by its Presiding Officer. 2. Regional Transport Authority, East Godavari, rep. By it’s Secretary 3. Two C.Cs to the G.P. for Transport, High Court buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 4. Two C.D. Copies. [1] 1999 (6) ALD 289