1 2026:CGHC:23938 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPC No. 2588 of 2026 1 - Deepak Gupta S/o Baijnath Gupta Aged About 51 Years R/o Baniyatoli Jashpur Tahasil- Jashpur Distt- Jashpur (C.G.). ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - The Regional Transport Authority Through Secretary Indrawati Bhawan Atal Nagar Nawa Raipur District- Raipur (C.G.). ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Vivek Sahu, Advocate. For Respondent(s)/State : Mr. Rajkumar Gupta, Addl. A.G. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad Order on Board 16/06/2026 1. By way of this petition, the petitioner has prayed for following reliefs:- “10.1 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to call the records pertaining to case of petitioner. RAGHVENDRA JAT Digitally signed by RAGHVENDRA JAT 2 10.2 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to direct the respondent to consider and decide the application of Permanent Stage Carriage, in accordance with provisions of Motor Vehicles Rule 1994. 10.3 Any other relief, which this Hon'ble Court may deem fit in favour of petitioner, may also be granted.” 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that an application for grant of a ‘Permanent Stage Carriage’ on the route from Aasta to Raigarh via Jashpur, Kunkuri, Tapkara, Farsabahar, Bagbahar, Kotba, Lailunga & Ghargoda and one trip back for the vehicle bearing registration No. CG 10 ML 4131 is pending consideration before the Regional Transport Authority, Raipur. He would further submit that a direction may be issued to the respondent authority to take decision on the pending application dated 23.2.2026. 3. On the other hand, learned counsel appearing for the State would oppose the submissions made by learned counsel for the petitioner. 4. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the material available on record. 5. Taking into consideration the limited prayer made by counsel for the petitioner, at this juncture, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent authority to decide the pending application of the petitioner for grant of ‘Permanent Stage Carriage expeditiously preferably within a period of 45 days from 3 the date of receipt / submission of copy of this order. 6. With the aforesaid observations and directions, the present writ petition stands disposed of. Sd/- (Amitendra Kishore Prasad) Judge Raghu Jat