JUDGMENT : While affirming the view taken by the Division Bench of the High Court that the order passed by the Regional Transport Authority increasing the number of permits from one to two and granting one permit to each appellant in these two appeals should be set aside since the increase in the number of permits was not made by the Regional Transport Authority before inviting applications for permits, we think that the High Court should have directed the Regional Transport Authority to consider the applications for permit before it on the basis that only one permit was to be given. We, therefore., allow the appeal to this limited extent and direct that the matter may be sent back to the Regional Transport Authority so that the Regional Transport Authority may dispose of the applications before it on the basis that only one permit is to be given as originally advertised. Of course, it will be open to the Regional Transport Authority to issue an order increasing the number of permits and to invite fresh applications for the additional permit or permits in accordance with law. There will Order dated August 18, 1982 in Civil Appeal Nos. 2733-2734 of 1982 be status quo for a period of ten days in order to enable the appellant in each of the two appeals to make an application before the Regional Transport Authority for being allowed to continue to run the bus and it will be entirely for the Regional Transport Authority to decide what order it should make on such application. The appeals 5 are disposed of accordingly with no order as to costs.