Hemant Singh Chouhan v. Regional Transport Authority, Raipur

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPC No. 2359 of 2015 • Hemant Singh Chouhan S/o Late Narayan Singh Chouhan Aged About 49 Years Civil Line Dongargarh District Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) ---- Petitioner

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• Regional Transport Authority, Raipur District Raipur (Chhattisgarh) ---- Respondent For Petitioner :

Shri Ajay Shrivastava, Advocate For Respondents-State :

Shri Adhiraj Surana, Dy. GA for the State Hon'ble Shri Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra Order On Board 05/01/2016 1.

Grievance of the petitioner is that he has moved an application before the respondent on 23.05.2015 for grant of regular permit on the route Dongargarh to Rajnandgaon.

2.

Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the writ petition may be disposed of with a direction to the respondent 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 respondent 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 ashu