IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.1498 of 2010 ---- M/s Anand Travels, through its Managing Partner, Anand Kumar Singh, son of Late Suresh Kumar Singh, resident of Kolhua Dadar, P.S. Ahiyapur, District-Muzaffarpur. -- Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The Member, Board of Revenue, Bihar, Patna. 3. The Secretary, Transport Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 4. The Joint State Transport Commissioner, Transport Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 5. The District Transport Officer, Sitamarhi. -- Respondents. ---- For the petitioner : Mr. Randhir Kumar Singh, Advocate. For the respondents : Mr. Sidharth Prasad, Assistant Counsel to Additional Advocate General-IX. ---- 02. 28/01/2010 Though the present writ petition has been filed with framing series of questions of law creating a maze, yet Mr. Randhir Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner, on being asked whether the writ petitioner would cooperate with the proceeding or take the path to truancy, submitted that he will behave like a vigilant litigant and appear before the Joint State Transport Commissioner, the 4th respondent herein, on a date fixed. In view of the aforesaid and having heard Mr. Sidharth Prasad, learned counsel for the State, we quash the orders contained in Annexures-4, 5 and 6 passed by the - 2 - Joint State Transport Commissioner, Bihar, Patna, the Secretary, Transport Department, Bihar, Patna and the Member, Board of Revenue, Bihar, Patna respectively and direct the 4th respondent to hear the matter and dispose of the same within a period of two months from the date of receipt of the order passed today. To cut short the delay, it is directed that the petitioner shall remain present before the 4th respondent herein on 16th February, 2010, on which date, the said authority shall give another date and hear the matter. Needless to emphasise, on the adjourned date the petitioner shall personally or through his representative participate in the proceeding. The concerned authority shall decide the matter within the stipulated time. If the petitioner fails to appear before the said authority, needless to emphasise, the proceeding shall pave the path of extinction. The writ petition is allowed to the extent indicated above. There shall be no order as to costs. Sunil (Dipak Misra, CJ.) (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)