— HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH. BILASPUR ^ PETITIONER RESPONDENT W.P.(C) No.1646 of 2011 M/s Naveen Transport through its partner Harjinder Singh Bal, aged about 49 years, S/o Sardar Nirmal Singh Bal, R/o Pacharipara, Durg Distt. Durg (C.G.) Versus State Transport Authority, Raipur WRIT PETITION UNDERARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA Appearance: Mr. Santosh Gupta, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shashank Thakur, Panel Lawyer for the State. ORAL ORDER (28.03.2011) SUNIL KUMAR SINHA, J. Heard finally with the consent of learned counsel for the parties. Petitioner, M/s Naveen Transport, has filed this petition for issuance of necessary direction to the State Transport Authority, Raipur to consider and decide its application for grant of inter-state regular stage carriage permit on the route Raipur to Sivni via Dhamdha, Gandai, Salhepara, Malazkhand, Balaghat, Katangi and one single trip daily in accordance with the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act. According to the petitioner, the application for grant of inter-state regular stage carriage permit has been filed on 17.08.2007 and no decision has been taken till date. Mr. Shashank Thakur, learned Panel Lawyer for the respondent submits that if the application has been filed by the petitioner for grant of inter-stateregularstage carriage permit and the same has not bee'n disposed of till date, the State Transport .^ ^" W.P.(C)No.1646 of 2011 Authority shall dispose of the same at the earliest in accordance with law. In view of the above submissions made by learned Panel Lawyer for the respondent, this petition is disposed of with a direction that if the concerned State Transport Authority has not decided the application dated 17.08.2007 filed by the petitioner for grant of inter-state 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. With the aforesaid direction/observation, this petition stands finally disposed of. Sd/- Sunil Kumar Sinha Judge ,'y