WP(C) 5550/2001 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE T.N.K. SINGH Sri Paban Chetia Son of Mohi Chetia Resident of Vill Gala Pukhuri P.O. and P.S. Tinsukia Dist. Tinsukia, Assam. Petition er VERSUS 1.The State of Assam Represented by the Secretary To the State Transport Authority Assam, Guwahati 5. 2.The Chairman Regional Transport Authority Tinsukia, Assam. 3.The Deputy Commissioner Tinsukia , Dist. Tinsukia, Assam 4.The District Transport Officer Tinsukia Respondents. For the Petitioner : Mr. D.C.Borah Advocate For the Respondents. : AC Buragohain. Advocate. Date of hearing & Judgment : 5/2/2007 JUDGMENT AND ORDER(ORAL) 1. By this writ petition the petitioner has prayed for a direction to the respondents , more particularly , respondent No.1, Secretary to the Stat e Transport Authority, Assam, Guwahati to consider and dispose of the applicatio n filed by the petitioner dated 14.6.2001 for granting of Agent License under Se ction 93(1)(i) of the MV Act, 1988 for selling Tickets of Blue Hill Travels (Ind ia) Ltd at Tinsukia. 2. The concise fact of the petitioner’s case is that the said Blue Hill Travels (India) Ltd was established in 1994. By an order of the Secretary State Transport Authority, Assam dated 12.5.94, one Sri Pranab Kr. Adhikari was allowed to sale tickets of Blue Hill Travels at Tinsukia till the report from D eputy Commissioner, Tinsukia or the District Transport Officer, Tinsukia is rece ived. In pursuance of the said order dated 12.5.1994, Sri Pranab Kr. Adhikari co ntinued to sale the tickets for Blue Hills Travels at Tinsukia till 10.5.2000. The petitioner has been continuing to sale the tickets of the Blue Hills Travels at Tinsukia in place of said Sri Pranab Kr Adhikari and also for regularization his selling business of Blue Hills Tickets at Tinsukia he approached the Secret ary to the State Transport Authority-respondent No.1 by filing an application da ted 14.6.2001 for grant of Agent License under Section 93-I(i) of the M.V. Act, 1988. Despite of repeated requests from the side of the petitioner, the aforesa id authority i.e respondent No.2 did not taken up any tangible action and ultim ately finding no other alternative, the petitioner has approached this court by way of filing the present writ petition. 3. By an interim order dated 10.8.2001, the respondents had been di rected not to disturb the petitioner in the conduct of his business of selling tickets as an Agent of Blue Hill Travels at Tinsukia until further orders. Ev en after the above order was passed, the respondents did not file any applicatio n for modification and/or alteration against the interim order dated 10.8.2001. 4. Taking into consideration of the peculiar facts and circumstance s of the case, this Court is of the considered view that it would be just and p roper to dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the Secretary to the S tate Transport Authority-respondent No.1 to consider and dispose of the applicat ion dated 14.6.2001 filed by the petitioner for grant of Agent License under Sec tion 93(1) (i) of the M.V.Act, 1988 as expeditiously as possible, preferably wit hin a period of 4 months from the date of receipt of this judgment and order. 5. It is made clear that till the application of the petitioner dat ed 14.6.2001 is disposed of by the said authority, the petitioner should not be disturbed in selling Blue Hills Tickets at Tinsukia. 6. The writ petition is allowed to the extent mentioned above.