IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.22394 of 2010 Date of Decision : December 16, 2010. Maharaja Travels .....Petitioner versus State Transport Appellate Tribunal, Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.P.S.Bawa, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) Notice of motion to respondent No.2 only at this stage. Ms.Sudeepti Sharma, learned Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on its behalf. In my considered view, no serious prejudice is likely to be caused to respondent Nos.3 to 6 if they are not served, rather issuance of notice to them would unnecessarily delay the disposal of the matter by respondent No.2 in terms of the order dated 19.10.2010 passed by the State Transport Appellate Tribunal. Similarly, view of the nature of order which I propose to pass, there is no need to seek any counter-reply from respondent No.2 at this stage. C.W.P.No .22394 of 2010 2 The short grievance of the petitioner is that though the appeals were preferred against the grant of permit to the petitioner, the State Transport Appellate Tribunal while remitting the matter to the State Transport Commissioner vide the impugned order dated 19.10.2010 (Annexure P-7), has not granted any opportunity of being heard to the petitioner by the State Transport Commissioner. In my considered view, the order passed by the Tribunal cannot be construed to mean that only the appellant or the objectors are to be heard or that the petitioner to whom the permit was granted, is not to be heard by the State Transport Commissioner. Be that as it may, the writ petition is disposed of with a clarification that while deciding the matter afresh in terms of the order dated 19.10.2010 passed by the Tribunal, the State Transport Commissioner shall hear the petitioner as well. Dasti. December 16, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE