1 2026:CGHC:23383 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPC No. 2524 of 2026 Jagdamba Prasad Gupta S/o Late Shri Laxmi Prasad Gupta Aged About 67 Years R/o Ward 05, Old Bus Stand, Sitapur, Distt. Surguja Chhattisgarh ... Petitioner versus Regional Transport Authority Chhattisgarh At Raipur, O/o 3rd Floor, Sector 27, New Raipur, Chhattisgarh ... Respondent For Petitioner : Mr. Anshul Ranjan Shrivastava, Advocate For Respondents- State : Mr. Vinay Pandey, Dy. A.G. SB: Hon'ble Shri Parth Prateem Sahu, Judge ORDER ON BOARD 19.05.2026 1. The petitioner has filed this writ petition seeking following reliefs:- “10.1 The Hon’ble Ciourt may issue a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to decide the application of the petitioner for grant of regular stage carriage permit on the Pathalgaon to Sarbhanja via Kapu, Rajpur, Sitapur, Bandana, Narmadapur, Kamleshpur and one return trip daily and to grant the AMIT PATEL Digitally signed by AMIT PATEL 2 same in accordance with the provisions of Motor Vehicle Act. 10.2 Any other relief which this Hon’ble Court may deem fit be granted. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner had submitted an application for grant of regular stage carriage permit on the route Patthalgaon to Sarbhanja via Kapu, Rajpur, Sitapur, Bandana, Narmadapur, Kamleshwarpur with one return trip daily on 17.09.2025, however, till date the application for grant of regular stage carriage permit is not considered and decided. Therefore, direction be issued to the respondent to consider and take decision on the application for grant of regular stage carriage permit within the specified time period. 3. Learned counsel for the State would submit that in view of the limited prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioner, he has having no objection. 4. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the documents placed on record. 5. On due consideration of the submission of learned counsel for the respective parties, nature of grievance raised and further considering the submission of learned counsel for the petitioner that he has submitted an application for grant of regular stage carriage permit on 17.09.2025 for the route as mentioned above, this writ petition at this stage is disposed of directing the respondent to consider and take decision on the application submitted by the petitioner, in accordance with law, expeditiously, preferably within a further period of 02 months from the date of receipt of order. 3 6. With the aforesaid observation and direction, this writ petition stands disposed of. 7. Accordingly, I.A. No.01/2026, which is an application for listing the case during summer vacation and I.A. No. 02/2026, which is an application for urgent hearing are disposed of. Sd/- (Parth Prateem Sahu) Judge AMIT PATEL