IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 1896 of 2008 (M/S) Ajay Kumar Garg S/o Sri Kunj Behari Lal R/o Hospital Road, Vikas Nagar, District Dehradun. . Petitioner ...………… [ Versus 1. Regional Transport Authority, Dehradun. 2. Secretary Regional Transport Authority, Dehradun Region, Dehradun. ...…………. Respondents Mr. Deepak Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Vinod Nautiyal, Addl. Advocate General for the respondents. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2) By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has sought a direction, directing the respondents to take a decision on the application of the petitioner for grant of stage carriage permit. 3) Brief facts of the case, as narrated in the writ petition, are that the petitioner moved an application for grant of stage carriage permit for the route Dehradun- Vikas Nagar-Kalsi. The said application appears to have been rejected by Regional Transport Authority, 2 against which an appeal was preferred by the petitioner before the State Transport Appellate Tribunal, which allowed the appeal and cancelled the order passed by the Authority. By its order dated 24.09.2007, the Appellate Tribunal further directed the Regional Transport Authority to decide the application of the petitioner, afresh. 4) It is contended on behalf of the petitioner that since the order is passed by Appellate Tribunal more than a year has passed but the application of the petitioner is yet not disposed of. 5) Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Advocate General for the respondents, and after going through the order dated 24.09.2007, passed by the State Transport Appellate Tribunal, Dehradun, this writ petition is summarily disposed of directing the Regional Transport Authority to decide the application of the petitioner as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of three months. (Interim Relief Application No. 7043 of 2008 also stands disposed of). (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) [ Dt. October 22, 2008. H.Negi