Smt. Shanti Devi v. State Of Chhattisgarh

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPC No. 2298 of 2015 • Smt. Shanti Devi W/o Late Jitan Prasad Gupta, Aged About 70 Years R/o Old Bus Stand Ambikapur, District Sarguja ( Chhattisgarh ) ---- Petitioner

Versus

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

2. State Transport Authority Raipur District Raipur ( Chhattisgarh ) ---- Respondent For Petitioner Shri Shantanu Kumar, 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 she has moved an application before the respondents on 23.09.2015 for grant of regular permit on the route Ambikapur to Ramchandrapur viaJarhiroad, Pratappur, Dhonwa, Wadrafnagar, Belsar, Gajar and one back trip every day. 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