Sbab, J. In 1957 the Regional Transport Authority, Jabalpur granted to Messrs. Bundelkhand Motor Transport Company, Nowgaon-hereinaftcr called 'the appellant'-a permit under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 to ply stage carriages on an interregional routo--Jabalpur to Chhatarpur-in the State of Madhya Pradesh, and the permit was countersigned by the Regional Transport Authority, Rewa within whose jurisdiction a part of the route lay. The permit was renewed in 1960 for a period of three years expiring on August 9, 1963 by the Regional Transport Authority, Jabalpur, and it was countersigned by the Regional Transport Authority, Rewa. On June 7, I 963 the appellant applied to the Regional Transport Authority, Jabalpur for renewal of the permit, and by order dated December 6, · 1963 the permit was renewed for the period ending February 9, 1966. D:: its application dated December 7, 1963 the appellant requested the Regional Transport Authority, R.ewa to countersign the permit so renewed. This application wa> published as required bys. 57 read withs. 63(3) of the Act on January 2, 1964. Three motor transport operators, amongst whom was the first respondent Behari Lal Chaurasia, objected to the grnnt of countersignature to the permit, inter alia, on the ground that the application was barred by the law of limitation prescribed by s. 58 (2) proviso one, and the Regional Transport Authority, Rewa had no power to grant countersignature of renewal after the expiry of that period. The Regional Transport Authority, Rewa overruled the objection, and by order dated March 17, I 964 granted countersignature of the permit.
