(1.) M. Katju, J. This writ petition has been filed against the impugned order dated 26/27-3-2003 (Annexure-3 to the writ petition) by which the petitioners have been placed in the black list.
(2.) HEARD learned Counsel for the parties.
(3.) IT is alleged in para 7 of the petition that Jai Maa Durga Road Lines is not an authorized transporter. The local unit (cattle feed factory, Industrial Area Ramnagar, Varanasi) had hired Truck No. U. P. 63-A- 6055, and on a holiday i. e. , 25- 12-2002, 300 Bags cattle feed were delivered to Jai Maa Durga Road Lines for M/s. Manoj Kumar Pankaj, Phulwari Sarif, Patna. IT is alleged in paragraph 8 of the petition that the aforesaid Truck is owned by an influential officer of the transport department posted in Varanasi, and it was only to save the skin of the said officer that the transporter Jai Maa Durga Road Lines has taken a somersault and it has denied that any truck was hired by the said transporter.