M/S Raipur Bus Service v. Regional Transport Authority

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPC No. 3369 of 2018 • M/s Raipur Bus Service Managing Partner Gurmit Singh Sandhu, S/o Shri Jaswant Singh Sandhu, Aged About 53 Years, R/o Mahesh Colony, Ganjpara, Durg, Tahsil District Durg Chhattisgarh ---- Petitioner

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• Regional Transport Authority Bilaspur, (Bilaspur Division) District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh ---- Respondent For Petitioner Mr Shailendra Kumar Bajpayee, Advocate For Respondent/State Mr. Anand Dadriya, Dy. GA for the State Order On Board By Hon'ble Mr. Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra 4/12/2018

1. Heard.

2. Grievance of the petitioner is that he has moved an application before the respondents on 25.9.2018 for counter signature of regular stage carriage permit on the route Raipur to Bilaspur via Simga, Nandghat, Sargaon and back one return trip daily for grant of permanent stage carriage permit, which is pending consideration.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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/- (Prashant Kumar Mishra) Judge Shyna