Abdur Rahim Sekh And ORS. v. The State Of West Bengal And ORS.
26.03.2025.
PB Sl. No.19.
Ct. No.25.
WPA 3590 of 2025 Abdur Rahim Sekh & Ors.
Vs.
The State of West Bengal & Ors.
Mr. N. I. Khan, Mr. Amlan Kr. Mukherjee.
... For the Petitioner.
Mr. Amal Kumar Sen, Ms. Ashima Das (Sil).
... For the State.
The petitioners are aggrieved that their applications pursuant to the vacancy notice dated June 27, 2024, for grant of stage carriage permit over the Route No.SD-63 (Godkhali To Baruipur), have not yet been considered by the respondent RTA, South 24 Parganas, in spite of taking up their applications for consideration in the meeting of the Board dated July 26, 2024.
Mr. Khan is appearing for the petitioners.
Mr. Sen is appearing for the State respondent. By referring to the resolution in agenda No.4, in the meeting dated July 26, 2024, Mr. Sen has informed the Court that on Route No.SD-63, two applications of Sri Anirban Mondal and Sri Asit Mondal have been allowed by the State respondent. The resolution is handed over by Mr. Sen to the Court
in support of his submission as above and taken on record. However, Mr. Sen is unable to inform the Court as to the fate of the other applicants/writ petitioners, whose applications have been considered by the said respondent authority in the same meeting i.e. dated July 26, 2024.
Having heard the submissions of the learned counsels as well as perusing the records in the case, the Court finds it proper to dispose of this writ petition with the following directions:- i) Let the respondent RTA, South Parganas immediately declare the resolution containing its decision as regards the applications of the rest of the petitions for issuance of stage carriage permits;
ii) It is further directed that in case the respondent has not taken any decision as regards the applications for grant of permit of the rest of writ petitioners as yet, let it take up those applications for consideration immediately along with the similar other applications, if are pending for issuance of stage carriage permit on Route No.SD-63 and decide thereupon;
iii) In that case, the entire exercise as above, should be concluded by the said respondent authority, within a period of
three weeks from the date of communication of copy of this order and after affording reasonable opportunity of hearing to the petitioners/other applicants, if any.
The writ petition is disposed of.
Since no affidavit has been called for, allegations made in the writ petition, shall be deemed not to have been admitted by the respondents.
Urgent certified photocopy of this order, if applied for, shall be supplied to the parties, on compliance of all necessary formalities.
(Rai Chattopadhyay, J.)