Lalit Kumar Lakda v. Regional Transport Authority

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPC No. 1180 of 2019 Lalit Kumar Lakda S/o Shri Kamil Lakda Aged About 46 Years R/o Village Pakritoli, Dhudhrudand, Post Chetba, Tahsil Kansabel, District Jashpur, Chhattisgarh, District : Jashpur, Chhattisgarh --- Petitioner

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

2. Secretary Regional Transport Authority, Office of R. T. O. Ambikapur, Surguja Chhattisgarh, District : Surguja (Ambikapur), Chhattisgarh ---- Respondent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Petitioners :

Mr. Manoj Chauhan, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Rajesh Singh, Dy. G.A.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal Order on Board 10.04.2019 1.

Grievance of the petitioner is that he has moved an application before the respondents on 12.06.2018 for grant of regular stage carriage permit on the route Jashpur to Marangi via Sanna and one return trip daily which is not being adjudicated.

2.

Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that for the time being 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, if any, for the concerned route, in accordance with the 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, if any, pending before it for the concerned route, within two months from the date of presentation of certified copy of this order. 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/- (GOUTAM BHADURI) JUDGE Rao