IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION No. 4779 of 2005 Between: 1 T.Viswanath S/o.T.Thammajappa, Transport Operator, No.4, Penugonda-Balgalore Road, Penugonda, Anantapur District. 2 Smt.Y.R.Manjula Viswanath, W/o.Viswanath Transport operator, No.4/26, Munireddy Building,Tirupathi-2, Chittoor District. 3 Smt.A.Girijareddy, W/o.ABP Reddy, Transport operator, No.13/131, Cooperative Colony, Rayachoty, Cuddapah Dist. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 State Transport Authority A.P., BRKR Buildings, Tank Bund, Road, Hyderabad rep.by its Secretary. 2 The Secretary, State Transport Authority, BRKR Buildings, Hyderabad. A.P. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, declaring the action of the respondents in not considering the applications of the petitioners 1 to 3 herein for grant of contract carriage permits in respect of areas comprising routes Penugonda to Bangalore, Tirupathi to Bangalore and Hyderabad to Bangalore, respectively as illegal and contrary to law and consequently direct the respondents to consider and dispose of the said applications forthwith and pass such other orders as may deem fit. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.NOUSHAD ALI Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 and 2: GP FOR TRANSPORT The Court at the admission stage made the following: ORDER: In not considering the applications of the petitioners for grant of contract carriage permits in respect of areas comprising routes Penugonda to Bangalore, Tirupthi to Bangalore and Hyderabad to Bangalore, the present writ petition is filed. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned standing counsel for the respondents. The respondents have to take appropriate decision whether the petitioners are eligible for grant of contract carriage permits to the routes claimed by them. Therefore, without entering into the merits of the case, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition, with a direction to the respondents to consider the case of the petitioners and pass necessary orders on their applications dated 27.01.2005, within a period of 3 (three) months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, or in the ensuing meeting, whichever is earlier. With the above directions, the Writ Petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. Dated: 11.03.2005 Dsr Note: Issue CC by 14.03.2005 B/o. Dsr ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To: 1. The Secretary, State Transport Authority, BRKR Buildings, Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad 2. Two CCs to the Government Pleader for Transport, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 3. Two CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{JA}