HIGH CGURT OF CI-IHATTISGN AT BELASPUR •PETITIONER (Hon. IVIr. Justice PrStlnScer Diwakar) WRIT PETITION (227) No. 2086 of 2009 1 Vijayanand Lahre, S/o R.S. Lahre, j aged about;3Q years, Bus Operator R/o- Housei No. 305, Sector - 4, 1 Baico, District Korba, C.G. VERSUS RESPONDENTS' 1. 2. 3. State of IGhhattisgarh Through Regional -Transport Authority, Biiaspur (C.G.) Secretary, i RegionaS Transport Authority, BHaspur(C.G.) Ghanshyami Rathore, Bus operator, R/o Biiaspur,DJstrict Bitaspur, CG. Mr. Anshu! R. Shrivastava, counsei forthe petitioner. Mr. A.S. Kachhwaha Deputy Advocate General for the State/respondents 1 to 2. WRST PETIT!ON UNDER ARTSCLE 227 OF THE CONSTITUTSON OF INDIA ORDER (22.04.2009) At the out-set, Mr. A.S. Kachhwaha, learned Deputy Advocate Generai forthe State/respondents 1 and 2 submits that there Es an altemative remedy avaiiable to the petitioner for approaching the State Transport Appeiiate TribunaE. 2. Counsel for the petitioner submits that at present post of Presiding Officer in StateTransportAppeJ!ateTn"buna{Js Jying vacant. -z- 3. Mr. Kachhwaha has produced a copy of the order dated 17.04.2009 passed by the State Govemment regarding appointment of Shri Ashok Kumar Nimonker as the Presiding Officer ofthe State Transport Appellate Tribunai. 4. Sn view of this fact, counsei,for the petitioner wants to withdraw the present writ petition with liberty to approach the State Transport AppeElate Tribunal by filing revision. 5. Accordingiy, the petition is dismissed as withdrawn with Siberty as aforesaid. However, it is directed that ifthe petitioner fiies the revision before the State Transport Appeiiate Tribunai the same shaEi be decided expeditiously as the matter relates to grant of temporary permit which according to the counsel for the petitioner is being extende,d time and again by the authority concerned. l-'' Sd/-. I pritinkerDiwaker I Judge