IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.6933 of 2010 Jai Mangal Singh son of Shri Lakshmi Singh resident of village- Teliya Bandh, Police Station- Manjhangarh, District- Gopalganj. … Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Secretary, Department of Transport, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The District Transport Officer, Gopalganj. .. Respondents. ----------- 2. 22.04.2010 Heard Mr. Shekhar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Sidhartha Prasad, learned counsel for the State. The basic grievance of the petitioner is that though he has paid tax in entirety in respect of the vehicle namely Jeep (Taxi) bearing Registration No. BR-04L- 2221, yet the tax token is not issued by the respondent no.3, the District Transport Officer, Gopalganj. In view of the aforesaid, it is directed that the respondent no. 3 shall afford an opportunity of personal hearing to the petitioner and thereafter pass an order with regard to grant/refusal of tax token. The order passed by the authority shall contain the cogent and germane reasons. To avoid further delay, it is directed that the petitioner shall appear before the said authority on 10th of 2 May 2010 and the respondent no. 3 will be well advised to dispose of the case/application by 20th May 2010. With the aforesaid direction, the writ petition stands disposed of. Let a free copy of this order be handed over to Mr. Sidhartha Prasad, learned counsel for the State to transmit the same to the District Transport Officer, Gopalganj so that he can act accordingly. Kanchan (Dipak Misra, CJ.) (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)