IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8161 of 2010 AJIT KUMAR MITRUKA @AJIT MIRTRUKA SON OF SHRI KEDAR5 ANTH MITRUKA RESIDENT OF M.G. ROAD, KHALPARA, DISTRICT DARJEELING (WEST BEGNAL) Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. STATE TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, BIHAR, THROUGH ITS SECRETARY, BAILEY ROAD, PATANA. 3. STATE TRANSPORT COMMISSIONER, TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA. 4. JOINT STATE TRANSPORT COMMISSIONER, TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA. ----------- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Randhir Kumar Singh For the Respondents :- Mr. Ritesh Kumar, A.C. to G.A. X ------ 2 10/05/2010 It is obligatory on the part of the respondents authorities, specially State Transport Authority, Bihar to act upon the request of the petitioner to transfer permanent road permit in his name and failure on their part to take decision has led to filing of the present writ application. Some of the basic facts are that there is permanent road permit issued in the name of one Sushil Kumar Mitruka bearing permit No. P.St.P. 08/89 (I/S) for the route Siliguri to Patna via Muzaffarpur. The brother for a kind of family arrangement and partition decided to transfer the bus along with permit in favour of the present petitioner. Soon - 2 - thereafter an application contained in annexure-3 dated 17.11.2009 as well as further request or reminder dated 5.3.2010 addressed to the Transport Commissioner, Govt. of Bihar, Patna is on record. No action has been taken. Petitioner is suffering due to non decision on the part of the respondents and the bus cannot be utilized or plied in absence of the endorsement of the name of the present petitioner. With the limited grievance of the petitioner, this writ application is disposed of with a direction upon both respondent nos. 2 and 3 that taking cognizance of the request and the application of the petitioner, the decision will be taken within four weeks from the date of production of a copy of this order. AMIN (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)