Smt. Alka Gupta v. Regional Transport Authority,

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPC No. 2076 of 2019 • Smt. Alka Gupta W/o Shri G. P. Gupta Aged About 48 Years R/o Pratapganj Ward, Jain Mandir Road, Jagdalpur, District - Bastar Chhattisgarh ---- Petitioner

Versus

1. Regional Transport Authority, Bastar, Jagdalpur Chhattisgarh

2. Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, Office Of R.T. O. Bastar, Jagdalpur Chhattisgarh ---- Respondents For Petitioner :

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

Shri Anshuman Shrivastava, PL Hon'ble Shri Justice Goutam Bhaduri Order On Board 26/06/2019

1. Grievance of the petitioner is that he has moved an application before the respondent No.1 on 23.11.2018 for grant of regular stage carriage permit on the route Bijapur to Bilaspur via Geedam, Jagdalpur, Kondagaon, Kanker, Dhamtari, Raipur and 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 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 respondents to decide the petitioner's application and all other applications, if any, pending before it for the concerned route, within 30 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