HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No.1299 of 2010 (M/S) Anup Goswami and others .…Petitioners Versus State of Uttarakhand & another ...Respondents Mr. B.S. Adhikari, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.P. Sah, Standing Counsel for the State. Hon’ble V.K. Bist, J. Present writ petition has been filed by the petitioners for a direction to the respondent no.2 to consider the applications of the petitioners for grant of permanent stage carriage permits for a stipulated shortest time. On 18.09.2009 this Court passed an order in writ petition no.1609 (M/S) of 2009 in which four weeks time was granted to the respondents to file counter affidavit. It was directed that case be listed on 12.10.2009. In the meantime the respondents were also directed to take decision on the applications of the petitioners. But no decision was taken by the respondents on the applications of the petitioners till 12.10.2009. Thereafter, the respondent no.3 filed counter affidavit in writ petition no.1609 (M/S) of 2009 in which he came up with the case that in view of the stay order granted in writ petition no.1875 of 2009 and writ petition no.2028 of 2009 no decision could be taken in the matter of the petitioners. In the present writ petition, petitioner came up 2 with the case that the writ petition no.1875 of 2009, writ petition no.2028 of 2009 has already been decided by a joint order on 15.06.2010 against which two Special Appeal No.102 of 2010 as well as Special Appeal No.106 of 2010 were filed but were dismissed on 24.06.2010 and 25.06.2010. Orders passed by this Court in writ petition no.1875 of 2009, writ petition no.2028 of 2009 and Special Appeal No.102 of 2010 as well as Special Appeal No.106 of 2010 have also been annexed with the writ petition. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that in view of the fact that writ petition no.1875 of 2009, writ petition no.2028 of 2009 and Special Appeal No.102 of 2010 as well as Special Appeal No.106 of 2010 have finally been decided, the respondents can very well decide the applications of the petitioner. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and after examining the papers annexed with the writ petition and in the interest of justice, direction is issued to the Respondent no.2-Regional Transport Authority, Dehradun to take decision on the applications of the petitioner for grant of regular permit expeditiously, preferably, within a period of three months from the date of production of certified copy of the order. With this observation, the writ petition is disposed of. (V.K.Bist. J,) 28.07.2010 Arti 3