HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH. BILASPUR WRIT PETITION (C l N0.334 of2010 PETITiONER Umakant Jaiswal.aged about 60 yars, S/o Shri Mudrika Prasad Jaiswal, R/o Utarda Hardi Bazar, Korba, District Korba (C.G.) Versus RESPONDENT Regional Transport Authority, Bilaspur (CG) WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA Appearance: Shri Santosh Gupta, Counsel for the petitioner. Shri Arun Sao, Government Advocate for the respondent. ORALORDER^ (25.01.2010) SUNILKUMARSINHA.J. Heard finally with the consent of the parties. 9 Petitioner-Umakant Jaiswal has filed this petition for issuance of necessary direction to the Regional Transport Authority, Bilaspur to consider and decide his application for grant of permit for the route Hardi Bazar to Katghora via Dipika, Chakabuda, Jawali, Dongri, Sutrra and back two return trips daily. According to the petitioner, the application for grant of ^ermit has been filedon 23.06.2009 and noldecision has been taken till date. Shri Arun Sao, learned counsel for the respondent submits that ifthe application has been filed by the petitioner for grant of permitand the same has not been disposed of till date, the Regional Transport Authorityshall dispose of the same at the earliest in accordance with law. In view of the above submissions made by learned counsel for the respondent, this petition is disposed of with a direction that ifthe concemed Regional Transport Authority has shyna W.P.(ClNo.334of2010. not decided the application dated 23.06.2009 filedby the petitioner for grant of permit for the above route till date, the same shall be disposed of in accordancewith law, as early as possible, preferably within a period of10weeksfromthe date of production of a certified copy ofthis order by the petitioner before the said authority. With the aforesaid directjon/observation, this petition stands finally disposed of. [ Sd/- Sunil KumarSinha Judge !| '<4^- '^