.4-.' «:! HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WRIT PETITION (C) No.2335/2010 PETITIONER RESPONDENTS M/s. Saluja Bus Service, Through Partner Dilip Singh Saluja S/o Late S. Ajeet Singh Saluja, aged about 57 years, R/o Station Road Kharsiya, District Raigarh (C.G.) Versus 1 Regional Transport Authority, Bilaspur (C.G.) 2 Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, Bilaspur (C.G.) WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA Appearanc^e^: Mr. Anshul R. Shrivastava, Counsel for the petitioner. Mrs. Smita Ghai, Panel Lawyer for the respondents. ORAL ORDER (07.05.2010) SUNIL KUMAR SINHA, J. Heard finally with the consent of the parties. The petitioner has filed this petition for issuance of necessary direction to the Regional Transport Authority, Bilaspur to consider and decide its application for grant of regular stage carriage permit on the route Dabhara to Raigarh via Kotami, Nandeli and two return trips daily in accordance with the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act. According to the petitioner, the application for grant of permit has been filed on 28.05.2009 and no decision has been taken till date. Mrs. Smita Ghai, 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 eartiest in accordance with law. H B 1 B • B ''K WRIT PETITION (C) No.2335/2010 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 28.05.2009 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 of acertified 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 shyna ^