Upendra Singh v. State Transport Authority Raipur

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPC No. 2783 of 2018 • Upendra Singh S/o Shri Dewanandan Singh Aged About 52 Years Tahsil Pussor, Village Kondatarai, District Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. ---- Petitioner

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1. State Transport Authority Raipur Chhattisgarh.

2. Secretary State Transport Authority, Raipur, Chhattisgarh ---- Respondent For Petitioner Mr. Anshul R. Shrivastava, Advocate For Respondent /State Mr. Sameer Behar, Panel Lawyer Order On Board By Hon'ble Mr. Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra 8/10/2018

1. Grievance of the petitioner is that he has moved an application before the respondents on 18.1.2018 for grant of Inter State Regular Stage Carriage Permit on the route Ambikapur to Bhawnathpur via Rajpur, Balrampur, Ramanujganj, Ranka, Gadwaroad, Ramuna 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 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) Shyna