Vijay Kumar Garg v. Regional Transport Authority

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPC No. 2018 of 2016 • Vijay Kumar Garg S/o T. R. Garg, Aged About 46 Years R/o Main Road, Patthalgaon, District Jashpur, (Chhattisgarh). ---- Petitioner

Versus

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

2. Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, Ambikapur, Surguja (Chhattisgarh).

---- Respondent For Petitioner Shri A. R. Shrivastava, Advocate For Respondent-State Shri Shashank Thakur, GA Hon'ble Shri Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra Order On Board 17/08/2016 1.

Grievance of the petitioner is that he has moved an application before the respondents on 23.06.2016 for change of timing on the route Asta to Raigarh via Jaspur, Kunkuri, Tapkara, Ghargora in one single trip daily.

2.

Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the writ petition may be disposed of with a direction to the respondents 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 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