Bijay Kumar Gupta v. State Of Chhattisgarh
NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPC No. 1346 of 2015 Bijay Kumar Gupta S/o Late B.P. Gutpa Aged About 50 years R/o Village Tapkara, District Jashpur Chhattisgarh ---- Petitioner
Versus
1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Of Transport, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, New Raipur Chhattisgarh
2. Regional Transport Authority Ambikapur, Dsitrict Surguja Chhattisgarh ---- Respondents For Petitioner - Shri Santosh Gupta, Advocate For Respondent/State - Ms. Sunita Jain, Panel Lawyer Order On Board 04/08/2015 Heard.
1.
Grievance of the petitioner is that he has moved an application before Respondent No.2/ Regional Transport Authority on 18.05.2015 for grant of permanent stage carriage permit on the route Kolhenjhariya to Jashpur via Pandripani, Tapkara, Kunkuri, Duldula, Loro and back one single trip daily but till date, his application has not been decided.
2.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that purpose of filing this petition would be served if at this stage, the petitioner may be permitted to withdraw this petition with liberty to pursue his pending application. He, however, submits that direction may be issued to Respondent No.2 for deciding the pending application of the petitioner expeditiously.
3.
State counsel has no objection to the proposition as put forth by the petitioner. He, however, submits that the application of the petitioner would be considered along
with all the pending applications for the concerned route in accordance with law on its own merits as expeditiously as possible.
4.
The petitioner is permitted to withdraw this petition with the aforesaid liberty. The respondent No.2 is directed to decide the pending application of the petitioner and all other applications pending before it for the concerned route within reasonable time. 5.
It is made clear that this Court has observed nothing on merits and it would be for respondent No.2 to act strictly in accordance with law. Sd/- Manindra Mohan Shrivastava J U D G E Rekha