2026:JHHC:9542-DB 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P. (PIL) No.1028 of 2024 ----- Ashish Kumar Sharma, son of Sri Pradeep Rana, resident of Achhaiya, P.O. & P.S. Ordana, District-Bokaro, Jharkhand. ..........Petitioner. -Versus- 1. The State of Jharkhand through the Chief Secretary, Government of Jharkhand, Project Bhawan, Dhurwa, Ranchi. 2. The Secretary, Department of Transport, Government of Jharkhand, Project Bhawan, Dhurwa, Ranchi. 3. The Joint Transport Commissioner, Department of Transport, Project Bhawan, Dhurwa, Ranchi. 4. The District Transport Officer, Khunti. .......... Respondents. ----- CORAM : HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH SHANKAR ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Vishal Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Manish Mishra, G.P.-V ----- Order No.06 Date: 06.04.2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. The petitioner complains that the 5th respondent, in denying fitness certificates to certain transport vehicles in the district of Khunti, is acting against the principles of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (as amended in 2019). 3. From the averments in the petition, we failed to appreciate how the petitioner’s grievance would be agitated in a public interest litigation. If indeed some transport vehicles have been denied fitness certificates and further, even if we assume that such denial was against “the principles of the Motor Vehicles Act” still, the aggrieved persons can very well approach the appropriate forum for redressal of their grievances. 4. The petitioner has nowhere averred, and quite correctly, that the transport vehicle owners were alleged to have been denied the 2026:JHHC:9542-DB 2 fitness certificates against the principles of the Motor Vehicles Act are some poor or downtrodden persons who cannot ventilate their own grievances. 5. For the above reasons, we decline to entertain this public interest litigation but leave it open to the aggrieved parties to take out such proceedings as may be available to them under the law for ventilating their grievances, if any. 6. The petition is disposed of in the above terms without any order for costs. (M. S. Sonak, C.J.) (Rajesh Shankar, J.) 6th April, 2026 Sanjay/Rohit Uploaded on 08.04.2026