IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION NO : 10782 of 2004 Between: Smt. G. Vijayalakshmi Rani Kumari, W/o. S.V.V.S.S. Janardhanamurthy, R/o. Mandapeta, E.G. District. ..... PETITIONER AND Regional Transport Authority, East Godavari at Kakinada, rep by its Secretary .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, declaring the action of the respondent in not disposing of the application filed by petitioner for the grant of stage carriage permit on the existing Town Service route Mandapeta Town Hall to Vedurumudi as illegal and arbitrary, and direct the respondent to consider and dispose of the said application forthwith. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.RAJAGOPALA CHARY Counsel for the Respondent: GP FOR TRANSPORT The Court at the admission stage made the following ORDER: This writ petition is filed for not disposing of the application filed by the petitioner on 08-04-2004 for grant of stage carriage permit on the existing Town Service Route Mandapeta Town Hall to Vedurumudi by the respondent. The learned Government Pleader for Transport appearing for the respondent stated that the application of the petitioner will be placed before the next RTA meeting and the same will be considered as per law. Without going into the merits of the case, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondent to dispose of the application of the petitioner dated 08-04-2004 within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order or in the next meeting of the RTA, whichever is earlier, as per law. In the circumstances, no costs. 12th JULY, 2004. Note: furnish c.c. in three days. B/o kvni To 1 The Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, East Godavari at Kakinada. 2 The Government Pleader for Transport, A.P.High Court Buildings, Hyderabad. (OUT). 3 Two CD copies.