IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.1928 of 2010 1. SUBODH KUMAR RAI S/O SRI BHAGWAN RAI R/O ENGLISH FARKA, P.O. & P.S. SABOUR, DISTT. BHAGALPUR Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH THE SECRETARY DEPTT. OF TRANSPORT, BIHAR, PATNA 2. CHAIRMAN EAST BIHAR REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, BHAGALPUR 3. SECRETARY EAST BIHAR REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, BHAGALPUR ----------- 2 04/02/2010 The petitioner filed an application under section 87(1) ( c) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 for grant of a temporary permit. Application was made way back on 23/09/2009 but the same has not been decided till date. No final decision has been taken or communicated to the petitioner. The petitioner by way of present writ application seeks a direction upon the East Bihar Regional Transport Authority, Bhagalpur to comply with the requirements of law in this case being Rule 72(3) of the Bihar Motor Vehicles Rules, 1992. Rule 72 talks of disposal of applications under Chapter V of the Act. Sub-rule (3) states “normally, the application referred to in sub-rule (1) or sub-rule (2) shall be disposed of within one month of receipt thereof.” In the present case inaction on the part of the respondents on the - 2 - application of the petitioner dated 23.9.2009 is in the teeth of sub-rule (3) of rule 72 of the Rules. The petitioner has made out a case for issuance of a direction. Let the Secretary, East Bihar Regional Transport Authority, Bhagalpur (respondent no. 3) take appropriate steps to comply with the requirements of the rules on the application made by the petitioner at the earliest. This writ application stands disposed of with the above direction. AMIN (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)