Praful Tiwari v. Regional Transport Authority

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPC No. 338 of 2019 • Praful Tiwari S/o Shri Bihari Lal Tiwari Aged About 41 Years R/o R. S. L. Nagar Korba, District Korba, Chhattisgarh. ---- Petitioner

Versus

1. Regional Transport Authority Ambikapur Surguja, Chhattisgarh., District : Surguja (Ambikapur), Chhattisgarh

2. Secretary Regional Transport Authority Ambikapur,surguja, Chhattisgarh., District : Surguja (Ambikapur), Chhattisgarh ---- Respondents For Petitioner :

Shri Anshul R. Shrivastava, Advocate For Respondent/State :

Shri Avinash Singh, PL Order On Board By Hon'ble Shri Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra 05/02/2019 1.

Grievance of the petitioner is that he has moved an application before the respondents on 03.04.2018 for grant of permanent stage carriage permit on the route Bilaspur to Dhanwar via Katghora, Udaypur, Ambikapur, Jarhi, Vadrafnagar and one single trip which is pending consideration.

2.

Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the writ petition may be disposed of with a direction to the respondents to decide the said application expeditiously.

3.

Learned State counsel would submit that the application of the petitioner shall be considered and decided along with all pending applications for the concerned route, in accordance with law and on its own merits as expeditiously as possible. 4.

In view of the fact that petitioner's application is pending consideration, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to decide the petitioner's application and all other applications pending before it for the concerned route, within reasonable time.

5.

It is made clear that this Court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the case and the respondent authorities shall decide the matter, on its own merits, strictly in accordance with law, without treating any observation made in this order, as opinion on the merits of the case.

Sd/- Prashant Kumar Mishra Judge Ankit