Kishor Kumar Jain v. State Of Chhattisgarh

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPC No. 316 of 2017 • Kishor Kumar Jain S/o Shri Sampat Lal Jain, Aged About 52 Years R/o Vikas Nagar, Kondagaon, District Kondagaon (Chhattisgarh) ---- Petitioner

Versus

1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Of Transport Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, New Raipur (Chhattisgarh)

2. Regional Transport Authority, Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh). ---- Respondent For Petitioner Mr. Santosh Gupta, Advocate For Respondent /State Mr. Shashank Thakur, Government Advocate Hon'ble Shri Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra Order On Board 15/2/2017

1. Grievance of the petitioner is that he has moved an application before the respondents on 24.08.2016 for grant of regular stage carriage permit on the route Jagdalpur to Raipur via Kondagaon, Kanker, Dhamtari and back one return trip daily, 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 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) Shyna