^ ^ /^> )0-7$f /" ISNGS IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WRIT PBTITION (C) N0. ^3>^6 /2010 WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITIUTION OF THE INDIA PETITIONER ^^•^ ^^s^- s. Saluja Bus ^ Service, Through:- Partner Shri Dilip Singh Saluja S/o. Late S. Ajit Singh Saluja, aged ahout 58 years, R/o. - Station Road, Kharsiya, Distt. Raigarh, (C.G.) VERSUS RESPONDENTS y^. v?s^%^ y'y—^'\- "^.^^A^I .^i^^y, 1 ^tx^""""' A'J -. ^''^^..^^^^ s l.,^^:::^^fes- 1, Regional Transport Authoritx Bilaspur (C.0>) 2. Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, Bilaspur (C.G.) 01. PARTICULARS OF THEPE'nT[ONER. \^ fflGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR S.B: Hon'ble Shri Prashant Kumar Mishra W.P.CONo. 3366/2010 PETITIONER : M/s. Saluja Bus Service Versus RESPONDENTS : Regional Transport Authority Bflaspur (C.G.) and Another. Appearance: Shri Anshul R. Shrivastava, counsel for the petitioner. Shri M.P.S. Bhatia, Government Advocate for the State/respondents. WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA ORAL ORDER (09.07.2010) In this petition under article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has raised a grievance that he has moved an application vide Annexure P-1 on 10/06/2010, before respondent No.l for grant of regular stage carriage permit, on the route Raigarh to Shivrinarayan via Nandeli, Bhagod, Dabhara, Birra, Kera with one retum trip daily. Further, till date the application has not been disposed ofby the respondents. 2. Leamed counsel for the petitioner fiirther submits that his only prayer in the writ petition is for issuance of a direction to the respondents to consider the application for grant of regular stage carriage permit in accordance with the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Act and the rules framed therein. •l^. .z i . 3. Learned counsel appearing for the respondent submits that if the applications are complete in all respect and are pending before concemed authority, it shall be communicated to the authority to dispose of the application within reasonable time from the date of production ofcertified copy ofthe order by the petitioner. 4. In view of the statement made by leamed counsel for the parties, this petition is disposed ofwith a direction to the respondent No.l to consider and decide the petitioner's application dated 10/06/2010 within a reasonable time from the date ofproduction of certified copy ofthis order by the petitioner. 5. It is made clear that this court has not expressed any opinion about the right and entitlement of the petitioner and that the concemed authority shall examine the application on its own merit and dispose ofthe same in accordance with law. Sd/- prasbantKumar Judge Mishra T