Dinesh Kumar Jain v. State Of Chhattisgarh

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPC No. 2301 of 2015 • Dinesh Kumar Jain S/o Late Sampat Lal Jain, Aged About 42 Years R/o Vikas Nagar, Kondagaon, P. O. Kondagaon, Distrtrict Kondagaon (Chhattisgarh ) ---- Petitioner

Versus

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

2. Regional Transport Authority, Jagdalpur District Bastar At Jagdalpur ( Chhattisgarh ) ---- Respondent For Petitioner Shri Santosh Gupta, Advocate For Respondent/State Shri Bhaskar Payasi, PL Hon'ble Shri Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra Order On Board By 22/12/2015 1.

Grievance of the petitioner is that he has moved an application before the respondents on 07.10.2015 for grant of permanent stage carriage permit on the route Gariyaband to Jagdalpur via Nagri, Borai, Kondagaon with one single trip daily.

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/- JUDGE PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA Nirala