HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH. BILASPUR WRIT PETITiON (Cl NO.1636/2010 PETITIONER Smt. Seema Pathak, W/o Shri Akhitesh Pathak, aged about 40 years, R/o Gandhi Putla Chowk, Bilaspur, District Bilaspur (C.G.) Versus RESPONDENTS 1 Regional Transport Authority, Bilaspur (C.G.) 2 Secretary, Regionai Transport Authority, Bilaspur (C.G.) WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 228 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA Appearance: Mr. Anshul R. Shrivastava, Counsel for the petitioner. Mr. Shashank Thakur, Panel Lawyer for the respondents. ORAL ORDER (15.04.2010) SUNIL KUMAR SINHA. J. Heard finally with the consent of the parties. Petitioner- Smt. Seema Pathak has filed this petition for issuance of necessary direction to the Regional Transport Authority, Bilaspurto consider and decide her application for grant of regular stage carriage permit on the route Baico to Biiaspur via Korba, Katghora, Pali, Ratanpur and back one return trip daily in accordance with the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act. According to the petitioner, the application for grant of permit has been fiied on 07.11.2009 and no decision has been taken tii! date. Mr. Shashank Thakur, learned Panei Lawyer for the respondents submits that if the application has been filed by the petitioner for grant of regular stage carriage permit and \^he same has not been disposed of till date, the Regional WRIT PETITION (Cl N0.1636/2010 Transport Aut'nority shail dispose of the same at the earliest in accordance with law. !n view of the above submissions made by learned Panel Lawyerforthe respondents, this petition is disposed of with a direction that if the concerned Regional Transport Authority has not decided the application dated 07.11.2009 filed by the petitioner for grant of regular stage carriage permit for the above route till date, the same shall be disposed of in accordance with law, as early as possible, preferably within a period of 10 weeks from the date of production of a certified copy of this order by the petitioner before the said authority. W'rth the aforesaid direction/observation, this petition stands finally disposed of. — —— shyna Sd/- Sunil Kumar Sinha Judge