Mohd. Shamim v. State Of Chhattisgarh And ANR.

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WP(C) No. 438 of 2015 • Mohd. Shamim, aged 55 years S/o Abdul Rashid R/o Ward No. 34, Kharsiya Naka, Ambikapur Dist. Sarguja ( C.G.) ---- Petitioner

Versus

1. State of Chhattisgarh through the Secretary Department of Transport DKS Bhawan PS Mandir Hasoud, Raipur ( C.G.)

2. Regional Transport Authority, Ambikapur, Dist. Sarguja ( C.G.) ---- Respondents For Petitioners Shri Jitendra Gupta, Advocate For Respondent/State Shri Ashutosh Pandey, Panel Lawyer Hon'ble Shri Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra Order On Board 12/03/2015 (1) Grievance of the petitioner is that he has moved an application before the respondent on 13/12/2013 for grant of permanent stage carriage permit on the route Marul to Pathalgaon via Mahadevdand, Nakbar, Kansabel with one return trip daily.

(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 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 representation, 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. J U D G E Kamde