27-11-2025

ct no. 10

Sl.9

RP

WPA 8835 of 2025

Kinjal Dey

-Versus-

State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Barun Kr. Samanta

…for the petitioner

Mr. Lal Mohan Basu.

…for the State

1. The petitioner states that the petitioner is

carrying on a business of operating Special Stage Carriage Service (Mini Bus). It is submitted that the route No. S-166 Mini Bus is a notified route under RTI, Howrah Region. The fleet strength of the said route has been fixed by the gazetted notification in the year 2003 by the Government of West Bengal which notifies that the authority cannot issue permits

exceeding the notified fleet strength.

2. The petitioner submits that he came to

know about the existence of one vacancy for non-plying of the vehicle in the said

route.

3. The petitioner submits that an application

was made before the authority concerned

for obtaining new permit dated 01.07.2024 for the said route but the same was turned down by the authority concerned on the ground that no new application for permit shall be accepted till the publication of the vacancy notice.

4. The petitioner further made representation on 03.07.2024 before the authority concerned for obtaining new permanent stage carriage permit on route no. S-