IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.538 of 2009 Rajesh Kumar, son of Sri Jagarnath Singh, resident of Bharti Bhawan, Mohalla Chandralok, Naya Tola, P.S. Kazimohammadpur, Town Muzaffarpur, District Muzaffarpur … Petitioner Versus 1.The State Of Bihar through the Secretary-cum-Commissioner, Department of Transport, Bihar, Patna 2. The District Transport Officer, Muzaffarpur, Bihar. …. Respondents ---------------------------------- For the Petitioner : Mr. D. K. Singh, Advocate For the State : Mrs Nilu Agrawal, G.A. 6. ----------------------------------- 09/ 15.11.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the respondents. 2. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner for directing the respondents to treat the driving licence of the petitioner bearing Driving Licence no. 198 of 1985 renewed and issued from 21.10.1994 up to 04.07.2008 under the signature of the District Transport Officer, Muzaffarpur as valid and effective and for other ancillary reliefs. 3. It is not in dispute that Driving Licence No. 198 of 1985 was issued in favour of the petitioner. The question in dispute was whether the said licence was renewed and valid from 21.10.1994 up to 04.07.2008. However, it is also not in dispute that after 04.07.2008 the licence of the petitioner was renewed, which was valid up till 16.10.2012. 4. It transpires that an enquiry has been made by the authorities concerned, whereafter a counter affidavit has been - 2 - filed on behalf of the Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, Muzaffarpur, in which it has been stated as follows :- “5. That it is stated that in the year 1994, one Mr. Yogendra Prasad Singh was posted as District Transport Officer, Muzaffarpur and who now retired from the post. He was called upon in the office of the undersigned vide memo no. 2641 dated 04.11.2011 to clarify the stand for verification regarding the signature of the then DTO of Rajesh Kumar- the petitioner by which the laminated driving licence was issued and also to verify the entries made in the laminated driving licence. 6. That the then DTO Mr. Yogendra Prasad Singh on seeing the Xerox copy of laminated driving licence no. 198/85 which was issued by him on that point of time verified all entries made in the Driving Licence by his signature in presence of the Secretary and the present District Transport Officer which is evident from the letter dated 09.11.2011 of the then District Transport Officer, Muzaffarpur –Yogendra Prasad Singh. Hence it appears that the aforesaid laminated driving licence no. 198/85 is correct licence as per the enquiry report dated 10.11.2011.” 5. In view of the facts and circumstances of the case as well as the claim of the petitioner on the basis of evidence and the statement of admission of the petitioner’s claim by the respondents after an enquiry held on the direction of this Court, this writ petition is allowed holding that the aforesaid licence of the petitioner was valid and renewed also for the period from 21.10.1994 up to 04.07.2008. Let the concerned authorities make necessary entries in that regard in the concerned records. MPS/ (S.N.Hussain, J.)