JUDGMENT :

HARISH TANDON, J.

1. The instant appeal is filed by the respondent No. 7 of the writ petition assailing a judgment and order dated 1st August, 2023 passed by the Single Bench disposing of the writ petition with the direction that the State Transport Authority, West Bengal and the State Transport Authority, Jharkhand will take a conscious decision within 3 months in relation to all formalities which appears to have not been followed in terms of the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.

2. The salient facts involved in the instant case are required to be narrated in order to determine the questions raised in the instant appeal. The writ petitioner who is arraigned as respondent no. 8 in the instant appeal was the permanent permit holder issued by the State Transport Authority, Jharkhand for a route between Jamshedpur and Durgapur. After the issuance of the permit by the State of Jharkhand, the counter signature is required to be put in by the reciprocating State i.e. State of West Bengal which appears to have been a subject matter of several litigations between the parties. It appears that there was reluctance on the part of the State Transport Authority, West Bengal in