Saiyyed Asgar Ali v. Regional Transport Authority

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPC No. 2750 of 2016 • Saiyyed Asgar Ali S/o Saiyyed Amhed Ali, Aged About 45 Years R/o New Bus Stand, Pandri, Raipur, District Raipur, (Chhattisgarh) ---- Petitioner

Versus

• Regional Transport Authority Jagdalpur, District Bastar, (Chhattisgarh) ---- Respondent For Petitioner :

Shri Ajay Shrivastava, Advocate For Respondent :

Shri S. Majid Ali, PL for the State Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal Order On Board 25/11/2016 1.

Grievance of the petitioner is that he has moved an application before the respondent on 01.08.2016 for grant of regular permit on the route Raipur to Jagdslpur, via Dhamtari, Kanker, Keshkal and Kondagaon 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/- (Sanjay K. Agrawal) Judge ashu