M/S Manish Travels v. State Transport Authority, Raipur

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPC No. 1970 of 2015 • M/s Manish Travels Through Its Proprietor, Manish Kumar Jain, S/o Shri Bhagchand Jain, Aged about 40 Years, R/o New Bus Stand, Durg, Tahsil And District Durg, (Chhattisgarh) ---- Petitioner

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• State Transport Authority, Raipur District Raipur, (Chhattisgarh) ---- Respondent For Petitioner Shri Ajay Shrivastava, Advocate For Respondent/State Shri Bhaskar Payasi, PL Hon'ble Shri Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra Order On Board By 04/11/2015 1.

Grievance of the petitioner is that he has moved an application before the respondent on 22.08.2015 for grant of permanent stage carriage permit on the route Damanjodi to Raipur via Koraput, Jyopur, Boriguma, Dhanpunji, Jagdalpur, Kanker, Dhamtari and Raipur with one return trip daily.

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 Nirala