Y HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH. BILASPUR PETmONER W.P. (Ci No. 1511/2010 Tikeshwar Singh Thakur, Son of late Jagdish Sjngh Thakur, aged about 24 years, R/o Mudipar, District Rajnandgaon (C.G.) RESPONDENTS Versus 1. State of Chhattisgarh, through Secretary, Department of Transport, D.K.S. Bhawan, Secretariat, Raipur (C.G.) 2. Regional Transport Authority, Raipur,District Raipur (C.G.) PETiTION UNDERARTICLE 226/227 OF THE CONSTITUTlONOFlNDiA Appearance: Mr. B.K. Rawat, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shashank Thakur, Panel Lawyer for the State/respondents. ORALORDER (08.04.2010) SUNILKUMARSINHA.J. Heard finatly with the consent of the parties. Petitioner -Tikeshwar Singh Thakur has filed this petition for issuance of necessary direction to the Regional Transport Authority, Raipur to consider and grant regular Stage Carriage Permit to the petitioner on the route Power House to Rajnandgaon via Anjora, Tedesara, Somni and back to ply two single trip daily in terms of Section 71 (3) of the Motor Vehicles Act as per the reservation made by the State WRIT PETmON (C 1 N0.1Sl3i/2010 of Chhattisgarh for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. According to the petitioner, the application for grant of permit has been fiied on 08.07.2008 and no decision has been taken till date. Mr. Shashank Thakur, learned Panel Lawyer for the respondents submits that if the application has been filed by the petitioner for grant of regular stage carriage permit and the same has not been disposed of till date, the Regional Transport 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 respondents, this petition is disposed of with a direction that if the concerned Regional Transport Authority has not decided the application dated 08.07.2008 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 ofa certified copy of this order by the petitioner before the said authority. With the aforesaid direction/observation, this petition stands finally disposed of. Gauri Sd/- Sunil Kumar Sinha Judge