Nand Kishor Jain v. State Of Chhattisgarh

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPC No. 2925 of 2016 • Nand Kishor Jain S/o Late Shri Sampat Lal Jain, Aged About 48 Years, R/o Vikas Nagar Kondagaon, Tahsil Kondagaon, District Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh) ---- Petitioner

Versus

1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Of Transport Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, New Raipur (Chhattisgarh)

2. Regional Transport Authority, Jagdalpur, District Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh) ---- Respondents For Petitioner Shri Santosh Gupta, Advocate For Respondent-State Shri Rajendra Tripathi, PL Hon'ble Shri Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra Order On Board 30/11/2016 1.

Grievance of the petitioner is that he has moved an application before the respondents on 21.08.2016 for change of timing of regular permit on the route Kondagaon to Nagri viz Bhakdi, Borai, Ghatla and back 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 respondents 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 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 Nirala