Durga Motor Service v. Regional Transport Authority

-1NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPC No. 1707 of 2017 Durga Motor Service Through Its Proprietor Ranjan Gupta S/o Shri Ramakant Prasad Gupta, Aged About 40 Years, R/o Ring Road, Namnakala, Ambikapur, District Surguja (Chhattisgarh).

---- Petitioner

Versus

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

2. Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, Ambikapur, District Sarguja (Chhattisgarh).

---- Respondents For Petitioner :

Shri C.J. K. Rao, Advocate, For State :

Shri Chandresh Shrivastava, Panel Lawyer S.B. Hon'ble Shri Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava Order On Board 28/06/2017 Heard.

1. The grievance of the petitioner is that even though he moved an application before the respondent authority on 24.11.2016 for extension of route up to Biharpur from Balangi on a permit already issued having permanent Stage Carriage Permit No.589/ABR/2016 (Ambikapur to Balangi), the application has remained pending without any decision.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the writ petition may be disposed off with a direction to the respondent to decide the said application expeditiously.

3. Learned counsel for the State submits that the application of the petitioner shall be considered and decided in accordance with law and on its own merits as expeditiously as possible.

4. In view of the fact that petitioner's application for extension of route is pending consideration, the present writ petition is disposed off with a direction to the respondents to decide petitioner's application pending before it for the concerned route, within a reasonable time.

-25. 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/-- (Manindra Mohan Shrivastava) Judge Praveen