//"^" ,?' &SU i ^ 'sJ New Bus Transport Company Through : Managing Partner Anand Agrsv/al, S/o Shri K.S. Agrawal, aged about 40 years, (/o Dhamdha Road, Durg, District Durg (C.G.) ;NTS 1 Regional Transport Authority, Raipur (C.G.) 2 Secretarv, Seglonal ipur (C.G Transi WRIT PETITION UNDERARTiCLE 226 OF_THi iVIr. Ans; Mr. Shrivastava, Counsei for the petitioner. Govemment Advocate for the (04.05.2S 10) Heard finally with the consent of the parties. The petitioner has filed this petition for issuance of necessary direction to the Regional Transport Authority, Raipur to consider and decide its application for grant of regular stage carrlage permit on the route Durg to Devbhoc via Bhilai, Raipur, Rajim, Gariyabandh, Mainpur and one single trip daily in accordance v/ith the provisions of the IVIotor Vehicles Act. According to the petitioner, the appiication for grant of permit has been filed on 12.05.2009 and no decision has been taken till date. Mr. Arun Sao, learned Government Advocate for the respondents submits that if the application has been fiied by She petitioner for grant of reguiar stage carriage permit and '^ \. .<7 '9 9 .S".J' \e) the same has not been disposed of tii! daie, the Regiona! Transport Authority shai! dispose of the same at the earisest in accordance with law. In vlew of the above submissions made by learned Government Advocate for the respondents, this petition is disposed or Vv'ith a direction that if the concerned Regionai Transport Authority has not decided the appiication dated 12.05.2009 filed by the petifioner for grant of regular stage carriage permit for ihe above route till date, the same shall be disposed of in accordance with iaw, as early as possible, preferabiy within a period of 10 weeks from the date of production of a certified copy of this order by the pefitioner before the said authority. With the aforesaid direction/observation, this petition stands finaliy disposed of. Sd/- SunU Kumar Sinha Judge 1