Gajendra Kashyap v. Regional Transport Authority

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPC No. 1684 of 2019 Gajendra Kashyap S/o Late Shri Thobri Ram Kashyap Aged About 29 Years R/o Parar Paral, House No. 35, Ranapal Kondagaon, District Kondagaon Chhattisgarh.

---- Petitioner

Versus

1. Regional Transport Authority Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh.

2. Secretary Regional Transport Authority, Office Of R.T.O. Jagdalpur Chhattisgarh.

---- Respondents For Petitioner : Shri Anshul R. Shrivastava, Advocate For Respondent/State : Shri Avinash Singh, PL Hon'ble Shri Justice Goutam Bhaduri Order On Board By 09/05/2019 Heard 1.

Grievance of the petitioner is that he has moved an application before the respondent on 07.03.2019 for grant of regular stage carriage permit on the route Lakhapuri to Kondagaon with three return trips 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 Goutam Bhaduri Jyoti