''& HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR VtfRIT PETiTION (C 1 N0.1642/2010 PETITIONER RESPONDENT New Jeevan Bus Service Through Proprietor Akash Deep Singh, S/o Shri Lakhwant Singh, aged about 21 years, R/o Near Bus Stand Pandri, Raipur (C.G.) Versus Regional Transport Authority, Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDfA Appearance: Santosh Gupta, Counset for the petitioner. Mrs. Smita Ghai, Panel Lawyer for the respondent. ORAL ORDER (15.04.2010) SUNIL KUMAR SiNHA. J. Heard finally with the consent ofthe parties. The petitioner has filed this petition for issuance of necessary direction to the Regional Transport Authority, Raipur to consider and decide its application for grant of reguiar stage carriage permit on the route Raipur to Kawardha via Dharsinwa, Simga, Bemetara and back one return trip daily. According to the petitioner, the appiication for grant of permit has been filed on 01.10.2009 and no dedsion has been taken till date. Mrs. Smita Ghai, learned Panel Lawyer for the respondent 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 ti!l date, the Regional Transport Authority shall dispose of the same at the eariiest in accordance with law. WRFT PETITION (0 N0.1642/2010 Q. shyna 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 Regional Transport Authority has not decided the application dated 01.10.2009 filed by the petitioner for grant of regular stage earriage 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. ——- Sd/- : Sunil Kumar Sinha Judge