17.03.2025. PB Sl. No.14. Ct. No.25. WPA 26503 of 2024 Krishanu Das Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors. Mr. Dinesh Pani. … For the Petitioner. Mr. Aishwarya Rajyashree. … for the respondent no.5&6. Mr. Dipanjan Datta, Ms. Sangeeta Roy, Mr. Sk. Md. Masud. ….for the State. Mr. Sakti Pada Jana. …..for the private respondent. 1. A report submitted on behalf of the State respondent is taken on record. 2. The petitioner has filed the present case seeking direction upon the STA, West Bengal, to consider his prayer vide letter of learned advocate dated 2nd August, 2024. 3. The petitioner’s grievance as enumerated therein, is with respect to a timetable issued to the private respondent, which clashes with that of him. It is necessary to mention that both the petitioner and the private respondent are the operators in the Inter State Route. Whereas, the permit issuing authority for the petitioner is the STA, West Bengal and that for the 2 private respondent is STA, Jharkhand. The respective timetables admittedly clash. The portion of the route, where the timetables clash is within the jurisdiction of STA Jharkhand. 4. The petitioner by filing the present writ petition has initially sought for a direction upon the STA, West Bengal, that the timetable of the private respondent may not be counter-signed by the STA, West Bengal, as the counter-signing authority. However, before the petitioner could obtain an order to that effect from the Court, the same has already been duly countersigned by the STA, West Bengal. 5. Now, the petitioner seeks that the STA, West Bengal, which is a counter-signing authority of the private respondent, may make necessary correction in the timetable of the private respondent to eradicate clashes in the timetable, if any. 6. The Court is of the considered opinion that the STA, West Bengal being a counter-signing authority of the private respondent, could not be eligible under the law to do so. 7. Hence, the Court finds no merit in the present writ petition and the writ petition is, thus, dismissed. 8. Since no affidavit has been called for, allegations made in the writ petition, shall be deemed to have not admitted by the respondents. 3 9. Urgent certified photocopy of this order, if applied for, shall be supplied to the parties, on compliance of all necessary formalities. (Rai Chattopadhyay, J.)