IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.15576 of 2005 Sunil Kumar, Advocate, High Court, Patna, son of late S.P. Sinha, resident of C-3, Sadhnapuri, P.S.-Gardanibagh, District-Patna. .....Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar. 2. District Magistrate, Patna. 3. District Transport Officer, Biscomaun Bhawan, West of Gandhi Maidan, Patna. .....Respondents For Petitioner:- Mr. Gyan Prakash, Adv. For Respondents:- Mr. Prabhu Narayan Sharma, J.C. to A.G. ----------- 03 27.09.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the respondents. 2. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner for directing the respondents to issue driving license to the petitioner immediately as the petitioner had submitted his driving license no. 919 of 1997 for renewal, fulfilling all the conditions as laid down under section 18 of the Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 along with prepaid registered cover for sending the renewed license at his residence but till date neither the original license has been returned nor any renewed license has been sent by the authorities to the petitioner. 3. On the other hand, learned counsel for the respondents relying on paragraph nos. 4 and 6 of their counter affidavit submits that the driving license no. 919 of 1997 in the name of the petitioner had been renewed on 12.03.2005 and was valid up till 12.03.2010, hence there is no question of renewal of the license of the petitioner. 2 4. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances of this case, it is quite apparent that the license of the petitioner had been renewed on 12.03.2005 which is valid up till 12.03.2010, but perhaps due to the fault of the delivery system, the renewed license could not be served upon the petitioner. 5. In the said circumstances, this writ petition is disposed of with a liberty to the petitioner to approach the District Transport Officer, Patna (respondent no. 3) by way of filing an application along with requisites and a copy of this order within 15 days from today, whereafter the said authority shall provide the original driving license, if available otherwise its duplicate to the petitioner within one month thereafter. Furthermore, if the petitioner intends to get his license further renewed, he will be at liberty to file an application for the same along with all the requisites and a copy of this order within four weeks from today before the said authority, who shall take all necessary steps in that regard and pass a specific order deciding the application of renewal within two months thereafter in accordance with law. Safik (S.N. Hussain, J.)