Prit Pal Singh Bhatiya v. Regional Transport Authority

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPC No. 1722 of 2019 Prit Pal Singh Bhatiya S/o Shri Harvansh Singh Bhatiya Aged About 61 Years R/o Village Patthalgaon, District- Jashpur, Chhattisgarh. ---- Petitioner

Versus

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

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

---- Respondents For Petitioner :

Shri Anshul R. Shrivastava, Advocate For Respondent/State :

Shri Anmol Sharma, PL Hon'ble Shri Justice Goutam Bhaduri Order On Board 14/05/2019 1.

Grievance of the petitioner is that he has moved an application before the respondent on 09/01/2019 for grant of regular stage carriage permit on the route Patthalgaon to Ambikapur via Sitapur, Bataoli with two 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 respondent No. 1 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 No.1 to decide the petitioner's application and all other applications pending before it for the concerned route, within 45 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/- JUDGE Goutam Bhaduri Jyoti