Raipur Bus Service v. Regional Transport Authority

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPC No. 444 of 2019 • Raipur Bus Service, Managing Partner Gurmit Singh Sandhu S/o Shri Jashwant Singh Singh Sandhu, Aged About 53 Years, R/o Mahesh Colony Ganjpara Durg, Tahsil And District - Durg Chhattisgarh.

---- Petitioner

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• Regional Transport Authority Raipur (Raipur Division), District - Raipur Chhattisgarh.

---- Respondent For Petitioner :- Shri S.K. Bajpai, Advocate For Respondent/State :- Shri Rajendra Tripathi, PL and Shri Anmol Sharma, PL Order On Board By Hon'ble Justice Shri Prashant Kumar Mishra 18/02/2019 1.

Grievance of the petitioner is that he has moved an application before the respondents on 10.08.2018 for grant of permanent stage carriage permit on the route Bilaspur to Raipur via Sargaon, Nandghat Simga and three trips daily, 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