High Court Of ChhattisgarhWPC/361/2016disposed off

Smt. Alka Gupta v. State Of Chhattisgarh

2016-02-10Hon'Ble Shri Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava2 pages

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPC No. 361 of 2016 • Smt. Alka Gupta W/o Shri G.P. Gupta, Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh) Through Power Of Attorney G.P. Gutpa, Aged About 50 Years, S/o Shanker Lal Gupta, Presently R/o Pratapganj Ward, Jagdalpur Distt. Bastar (Chhattisgarh) ---- Petitioner

Versus

1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Of Transport, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, New Raipur (Chhattisgarh)

2. Regional Transport Authority, Jagdalpur Distt. Baster (Chhattisgarh) ---- Respondents For Petitioner - Mr. Santosh Gupta, Advocate For Respondent/State - Mr. Satish Gupta, Govt. Advocate.

(Hon'ble Shri Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava) Order On Board 10/02/2016 Heard.

1. Grievance of the petitioner is that he has moved an application before the respondent No.2/Regional Transport Authority on 06/10/2015 for grant of permanent stage carriage permit on the route from Sukma to Raipur via Jagdalpur, Kondagaon, Kanker, Dhamtari and back one single trip daily.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the writ petition may be disposed off with a direction to respondent No.2 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 off with a direction to respondent No.2 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/- Manindra Mohan Shrivastava J U D G E Rahul