<y \^' L HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH. BILASPUR WRIT PETITiON (C l N0.337 of2010 PETITIONER RESPONDENT Lakhvinder Pal Singh, aged about 42 years, S/o Surjit Singh, R/o Village Kusmunda, Korba (CG) Versus Regionai Transport Authority, Bilaspur (CG) WRIT PETITION UNDERARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTIONOFINDtA Appearance: Shri Santosh Gupta, Counsel for the petitioner. Shri Arun Sao, Government Advocate for the respondent. ORALORDER (25.01.2010) SUNILKUMARSINHA.J. Heard finally with the consent of the parties. Petitioner-Lakhvinder Pal Singh has flledthis petition for issuance of necessary direction to the Rjegional Transport Authority, Bilaspur to consider and decide his application for grant of permit for theT route Bilaspur to Korba via Ratanpur, Pali, Dipika, Hardibazar and back one Ireturn trip daily. According to the petitioner, the application for grant of permit has been filed on 25.08.2009 and no decision has been taken tilldate. Shri Arun Sao, learned counsel for the respondent submits that ifthe application has been filed by the petitioner for grant of permit and the same has not been disposed oftiil date, the Regional Transport Authority shall dispose of the same at theearliestinaccordancewithlaw. In view ofthe above submissions made by learned counsel for the respondent, this petition is disposed of with a direction that if the concerned Regional Transport Authority has not decided the applicationdated 25.08.2009 filed by the W.P.(a No.337 of2010. petitioner for grant of permit for the above route till date, the same shall be disposed of in accordance with law, as early as possibie, preferably within a period of 10 weeks from the date of production of a certified copy ofthis order by the petitioner before the said authority. With the aforesaid direction/observation, this petition stands finally disposed of. Sd/- Sunil Kumar Sinha Judge shyna