HiGH COURT OF CHHATTiSGARH AT BILASPUR W. P. <"C) No. 1787 of2007 PetiSionsr Respondsnts Versus 1. 2. 3. 4. Shh? Kumar Singh, S/o Shri f.'ate Baksh Singh, Aged about 50 years, R/o Shsv Travsls, BKaspur (C.G.) SteSe Transport AppeHate Tribunal, Raipur (C.G.) Regionaf Transport Authorify, Chhattisgarh at Raipur (C.G.) Sanjay Singh, S/o Mata Prasad Slngh, Imlipara, BHaspur (C.G.) State of Chhattisgarh, through Secretzu'y, Department of Transport, D.K.S. Bhswan, Raipur (C.G.) SB: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Satish K. Agnihofri, J Shri B. K. Rawat, Advocate for the petitioner. Shri Ajay Shrivastava. Advocate for the respondent No.3. Shri Utkarsh Verma, Deputy Government Advocate for the respondent No.4. ORDER (Passed on this 29th day of March, 2007) 1. Learned counse! appearing for the petitioner, submte that Shs State Transport Appellate Tribunal (STAT), white considsring the appeal fited by he respondent No.3, wde impugned order dated 13.2.2007, in Appeaf No. 3/2007, held that the regular stege carriage permit on the route 'BHaspur to Chirmiri' i.e. the subject matter, was granted without hearing al! the concsrned parties. 2. In wew of that the S.T.A.T. remitted back the matter to the Regional Transport Authority (RTA), Raipur sfter passsng a direction &sat the reguiar pennit be issued to the respondent No.3. !t appeare that the S.T.A.T. itseif has decided the case a"id remMing back the matter to the R.T.A. is a mere formalifr/ for granting reguiar permit, as the same cannot be done by the S.T.A.T. the ff 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petffioner subniits that {he ends of justics woutd be-sub served if the R.T.A. is directed to consider the appljcation of She respondent No.3 in accordancs with iaw, ignoring the direction of the S.T.A.T. for grant of regular stage camags permit The submisston of ths petiti'oner is just and propsr and merite acceptance. 4. Shri Utkarsh Verma, iesrned counsei appearing for the respondent No.4 agrees with the submlssion made by leamed counsel for the petitioner. 5. in v'iew of the above, the petition is allowed to the extent that the obsen/ations and directions made by the S.T.A.T. fcr deciding the application and granting regular stags cam'age psrmit i's sst aside. !t is directed that the appifcation of the respondsnt No.3 shafi be considered on ite own merits, in accordance wth law, within a period oftfw weks from the dafe of receipt of a copy of fhte order. Thakur Sd/- K.Agnihotri Judge r -^-