Jamuna Padwar v. Regional Transport Authrity

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPC No. 1640 of 2019 • Smt. Jamuna Padwar W/o Manendrapal Padwar Aged About 28 Years R/o Village Juna, Lakhanpur, District Surguja Chhattisgarh ---- Petitioner

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1. Regional Transport Authority Ambikapur, District Surguja Chhattisgarh

2. Secretary Regional Transport Authority, Ambikapur, District Surguja Chhattisgarh ---- Respondents For Petitioner :

Shri CJK Rao, Advocate For Respondents/State :

Shri Aditya Bhardwaj, PL Hon'ble Shri Justice Goutam Bhaduri Order On Board 07/05/2019

1. Grievance of the petitioner is that he has moved an application before the respondents on 10.04.2018 for grant of regular stage carriage permit on the route Ambikapur to Korba via Lakhanpur, Udaypur, Dandgaon, Tara, Mogra, Chotiya, Madai, Podi, Katghora with two return trips, which is pending consideration.

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 respondents to decide the petitioner's application and all other applications, if any, pending before it for the concerned route, within 60 days from the date of presentation of certified copy of this order.

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/- Goutam Bhaduri Judge Ashu