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  Route permit-Route lying within jurisdiction of two Regional Transport Authorities-One R. T. A. granting route permit Other authority should countersign provided there is necessity for additional.   Route permit-R. T. A. passing order without notice and without hearing party-Ordermay be set aside ORDER   The R. T. A. Lahore granted two permits to the appellant to ply from Lyallpur to Gujranwala via Pindi bhattian. The permits had to be countersigned by the R. T. A. Raualpindi as a part of the route i e. from Pindi Bhattian to Gujranwala lies in their jurisdiction. without giving notice to the appellant company or complying with the provisions of Chapter 4 of the Motor Vehicles Act the R. T. A. Rawalpindi in their meeting held on the 15th and 16th January refused to countersign the permits. In the same order the Rawalpindi Authority held that there was some necessity for increase in services between Pindi Bhattian and Gujranwala i.e., on the part of the route which lies within their jurisdiction. The Lahore Authority had already granted a permit for the entire route and it may be safely presumed that in these circumstances there was need for additional services between Lyallpur and Pindi Bhattian. It is therefore difficult to understand wily .the…