Smt. Kamlesh Gupta v. Regional Transport Authority

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPC No. 2565 of 2016 • Smt. Kamlesh Gupta W/o Ashok Kumar Gupta, Aged About 40 Years R/o Ward No 10, Jay Mata Ji Petrol Pump, Namnakala, Ambikapur, Dsitirct Surguja Chhattisgarh ---- Petitioner

Versus

1. Regional Transport Authority Ambikapur, Surguja Chhattisgarh

2. Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, Ambikapur, Surguja Chhattisarh ---- Respondents For Petitioner :

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

Shri UNS Deo, GA for the State Hon'ble Shri Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra Order On Board 19/10/2016

1. Grievance of the petitioner is that she has moved an application before the respondent on 24.06.2016 for change of timing in regular stage carriage permit No.550/ABR/16 on the route Ambikapur to Jashpur via Rajpur, Shankargarh, Kusmi, Asta, Manora with 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 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 PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA Ashu