Mithapur Bus Owner Association And Staff Union v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.18454 of 2014 =========================================================== Mithapur Bus Owner Association & Staff Union, affiliated with Bihar Motor Transport Federation, Office at Mithapur Bus Stand, Patna through its President Suman Kumar Son of Sri Ram Bilash Singh At Sudharma, Boring Road, P.S. - Srikrishna Puri, Patna.

.... .... Petitioner

Versus

1. The State of Bihar through Principal Secretary, Department of Transport, Government of Bihar, Patna.

2. The Bihar State Road Transport Corporation, through its Administrator, Sultan Palace, Bir Chand Patel Marg, Patna.

3. Chief Mechanical Engineer, Bihar State Road Transport Corporation, Sultan Palance, Bir Chand Patel Marg, Patna.

4. The Depot Superintendent, B.S.R.T.C., Patna, Situated at Bakipur, Near Gandhi Maidan, Patna.

5. The Depot Superintendent, B.S.R.T.C., Muzaffarpur.

6. The Depot Superintendent, B.S.R.T.C., Darbhanga. .... .... Respondents =========================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner : Mr. B.P.Pandey, Sr. Advocate Mr. Randhir Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State Mr. Anil Kumar Singh, AC to GP 4 For the BSRTC : Mr. Mukul Sinha, Advocate MR. Rajesh Kumar, Advocate =========================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VIKASH JAIN ORAL JUDGMENT Date: 06-04-2016 Learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioner Mr. Bibhuti Prasad Pandey at the very outset fairly states that for the most part, the prayers in the writ petition have now become infructuous as the time contemplated under the relevant permit have since elapsed. He invites attention to the representation dated 13.10.2014 (Annexure-3) which has been filed before the

Patna High Court CWJC No.18454 of 2014 dt.06-04-2016 Principal Secretary-cum-State Transport Commissioner, Department of Transport, Government of Bihar, Patna which is said to be still pending and requests that the writ petition may be disposed of with a direction to the aforesaid authority to dispose of such representation.

2. Learned counsel for the respondents has filed a counter affidavit which has been placed on record.

3. Having regard to the confined prayer of the petitioner, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the Principal Secretary-cum-State Transport Commissioner, Department of Transport, Government of Bihar, Patna (Respondent No. 1) to consider the representation of the petitioner dated 13.10.2014, if still pending before him, and dispose of the same expeditiously in accordance with law. (Vikash Jain, J) Chandran U