Rajan Gupta v. Regional Transport Authority, Ambikapur

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR W.P. ( C ) No.

of 201 Rajan Gupta, S/o Shri Ramakant Prasad Gupta, aged about 40 years, R/o Ring Road, Namnakala, Ambikapur, District Surguja (C.G.) ---- Petitioner

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• Regional Transport Authority, Ambikapur, District Surguja (C.G.) • Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, Ambikapur, District Surguja (C.G.) ---- Respondents For Applicant:

Mr. C.J.K. Rao, Advocate.

For Respondent-State: Mr. Aditya Sharma, Panel Lawyer. Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal Order On Board 0 3 /07/201 (1) Grievance of the petitioner is that he has moved an application before the respondents on 5.01.2017 for the change of timing on the route Ambikapur to Balangi via Songara, Jarhimod, Pratappur, Dhondha, Wadrafnagar & Raghunathnagar with one return trip daily, which is pending consideration.

(2) Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that this 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 a 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/- (Sanjay K. Agrawal) Judge D/-