•e ',./ ...••^) ' r^~' \...<^--~ \^ .--•"^y"~" -t.v- ...--•^^^A.'y'" ^^yw' SB'^ "7 IN THEHON'BLE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR (C.G.) W.P.(C) No.l 6L|*;1~ of 2011 PETITIONER VERSUS RESPONDENT Ali Raza, aged about 55 years, S/o Shri Abdul Aziz, Bus operator, Bus Stand Bilaspur (C.G.) State Transport Authority, Raipur (C.G.) RIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH. BILASPUR slss PETITIONER RESPONDENT W.P.(C) No. 1647 of 2011 Ali Raza, aged about 55 years, S/o Shri Abdul Aziz, Bus operator, Bus Stand Bilaspur (C.G.) Versus State Transport Authority, Raipur WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA Appearance: Mr. Santosh Gupta, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shashank Thakur, Panel Lawyer for the State. ORAL ORDER (28.03.2011) SUNIL KUMAR SINHA. J. Heard finally with the consent of learned counsel for the parties. Petitioner, Ali Raza, has filed this petition for issuance of necessary direction to the State Transport Authority, Raipur to consider and decide his application for grant of inter-state regular stage carriage permit on the route Bilaspur to Dindori via Ganiyari, Kota, Achanakmar, Gorakhpur, Gadasarai and one single trip daily in accprdance with the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act. According to the petitioner, the application for grant of inter-stats regular stage carriage permit has been filed on 16.05.2008 and no decision has been taken till date. Mr. Shashank Thakur, learned Panel Lawyer for the respondent submits that if the application has been filed by the petitioner for grant of inter-state regular stage carriage permit and the same has not been disposed of till date, the State Transport Authority shall dispose ofthe same at the earliest in accordancp with law. W.P.(C)No.1647 of 2011 ^^ ,^ In view of the above submissions made by learned Panel Lawyer for the respondent, this petition is disposed of with a direction that if the concerned State Transport Authority has not decided the application dated 16.05.2008 filed by the petitioner for grant of inter-state 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 a certified copy of this order by the petitioner before the said authority. With the aforesaid direction/observation, this petition stands finally disposed of. ~—~~~~~ Judge i >'