HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGH AT BELASPUR (Hon. Mr. Justice Pritlnker Dlwakar) PETITIONER WRIT PET!T!ON (227) No. 2065 of 2009 Manish Gupta, S/o Abhimanyu Prasad Gupta, aged about 35 years, R7o- Village- Kudegkeia, Dharamjaygarh, District Ralgarh (C.G.) VERSUS RESPOMDENTS 1. 2. 3. State of Chhatti'sgarh Through RegEonal Transport AuthorEty, Bilaspur(C.G.) Secretary, Regiona! Transport Authority, Biiaspur (C.G.) Bhagwatj Prasad Tiwari, S/o ~ Late L.P. Tiwari, Bus- operator, R/o - Ward no. 3, Sakti, District Janjgir- Champa(C.G.) Mr. Anshul R. Shrivastava, counsel for the petitioner. JVIr. A.S. Kachhwaha Deputy Advocate Generai for the State/respondents 1 to 2. WRIT PETJTION UNDERARTICLE 227 OF THE CONSTSTUTION OFINDIA ORDER (22.04.2009) At the out-set, Mr. A.S. Kachhwaha, iearned Deputy c Advocate General for the State/respondents 1 and 2 submits\ that there is an aiternative remedy avaiiabie to the petitioner for approaching the State Transport Appellate Tribunal. ^€. -2-- \:.-. i/°r 2. Counsei for the petitioner submits that at present post of Presiding Officer in State Transport Appetlate Tribunal is lying vacant. 3. Mr. Kachhwaha has produced a copy of the order dated 17.04.2009 passed by the State Government regarding appointment of Shri Ashok Kumar Nimonker as the Presiding Officer of the State Transport Appeiiate Tribunal. 4. In view of this fact, counsel for the petitioner wants to withdraw the presentwrit petition with liberty to approach the State Transport Appellate Tribunal by fiiing revision. _ 5. Accordingly, the petition is dismissed as withdrawn with iiberty as aforesaid. However, it is directed that ifthe petitioner files the revision before the State Transport Appellate Tribunal the same shall be decided expeditiously as the matter relates to grant of temporary permit which according to the..counsel for the petitioner is being extended time and again by the authority concerned. Sd/- Pritinker Diwaker Judge 1