Smt. Babita Jain v. State Of Chhattisgarh

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR Writ Petition (C) No.2186 of 2017 Smt. Babita Jain, W/o Shri Nandkishor Jain, aged about 43 years, R/o Vikas Nagar Kondagaon, District Kondagaon (CG). ---- Petitioner

Versus

1. State of Chhattisgarh, through Secretary, Department of Transport Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, New Raipur (CG).

2. Regional Transport Authority, Jagdalpur (CG). --- Respondents For Petitioner :

Mr. Santosh Gupta, Advocate For State :

Mr. Gary Mukhopadhyay, Dy.G.A.

Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal Order On Board 10/08/2017 (1) Grievance of the petitioner is that he has moved an application before the respondents on 03.06.2017 for grant of regular stage carriage permit on the route Kondagaon to Chhuravand via Kokodi, Karanji, Kanera, Kamela and back three return trip daily. (2) Learned counsel appearing 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/- (Sanjay K. Agrawal) Judge L/-