HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE CHHATTISGARH : BILASPUR SINGLE BENCH : HON’BLE SHRI SR. NAYAK, CJ. wm Petition No.1878 OF 2og§ PETITIONER Abdul Karim S/o of Mohd. Hanif Memon, aged about 26 years, R/o. Itwari Bazar, Khairagarh, District Rajnandgaon (C.G.) Vs. RESPONDENTS 1. State Transport Appellate Tribunal; ‘ Chhattisgarh, Raipur. 2. Regional Transport Authority Chhattisgarh, Raipur. 3. Mohd. Usman, R/o Keia Badi, Durg (C.G .) 4. Mohd. Idrish, Bharat Travels, Keiabadi. Durg (C.G.) Present: Shri B.K. Rawat, learned counseifor the petitioner. Shri Vinay Harit, Iearned Dy. A.G. for the State and its authorities. Shri Ajay Shrivatava, teamed counsel for respondents 3 and 4. ORAL ORDER (Passed on 10E" August, 2006) The permit granted by the Regional Transport Authority, Chhattisgarh, Raipur, the second respondent herein, has been set aside by the State Transport Appellate Tribunal, Chhattisgarh, Raipur, the first respondent herein, at the behest of the rival operators, respondents 3 & 4 herein. The State Transport Appellate Tribunal has assigned three reasons to set aside the grant of permit - (i) that the petitioner did not file ‘no objection certiticate' with‘regard to the payment \. of tax before the second respondent; (ii) that in the appiication for the grantof permit the petitioner did not mention the route for which he sought permit and (iii) that on the date of the application and the grant of permit, the petitioner had to pay the tax and penalty to the tune of Rs.3,50,644/-. (2) ! have heard {earned counset for the parties. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner was not in a position to successfuliy contest any of the reasons assigned by the State Transport Appellate Tribunal. lt is needless to state that as per the provisions of Section 72 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, an applicant for grant of permit is required to mention the route. lt is also the requirement of law that the applicant should produce ‘no objection certiticate‘ with regard to payment of tax. ln that view of the matter, no exception could be taken to the impugned order of the State Transport Appellate Tribunal. The writ petition is devoid of merit and it is accordingly dismissed. No costs. f Sd/— I Chief Justice @ .