Meena Devi Tripathi v. Regional Transport Authority
NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPC No. 2948 of 2019 • Meena Devi Tripathi, W/o Shri Harish Chandra Tripathi, Aged About 37 Years, R/o Lalu Ram, Colony, T.P. Nagar, Korba, District Korba Chhattisgarh.
---- Petitioner
Versus
1. Regional Transport Authority, Bilaspur Chhattisgarh.
2. Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, Office Of R.T.O. Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh.
---- Respondents For Petitioner Shri Anshul R. Shrivastava, Advocate For Respondent/State Shri Sudhir Sahu, P.L.
Hon'ble Shri Justice Goutam Bhaduri Order On Board 29/08/2019 1.
Grievance of the petitioner is that he has moved an application before the respondent No.1 on 23.05.2019 for change of time in regular stage carriage permit No. 572/B/2018 on the route Malkharoda to Korba via Kachanda, Murlidih, Amagaon, Podishankar, Lakhali, Choriya, Afrid, Champa, 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 respondent No.1 to decide the petitioner's application and all other applications 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 Jyoti