IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE VISHAL MISHRA

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ON THE 27 OF JANUARY, 2026 WRIT PETITION No. 1648 of 2026 AMANDEEP KOUR BAINS Versus THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri Sobodh Kumar Pandey - Advocate for petitioner.

Shri Prabhanshu Shukla - Government Advocate for respondents/State.

ORDER The present petition has been filed seeking the following reliefs :-

"i. The Hon'ble Court may kindly be oleased to issue a writ of Mandamus directing to the respondent No.2 to consider the applications of temporary oermits of the petitioner (Ann.p/1) and issued the temporary permits in the interest of travelling public.

ii. The Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to issue direction to respondent No.2 which has been pleased to pass in identical Writ Petition bearing W.P.No.40185/2025 only regarding decide the application for temporary permit of the petitioner within

10 days.

iii. Any other relief which this Hon'ble Court deems fit in the circumstances of the case may also be granted to the petitioner, in the interest of justice."

It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that applications for grant of temporary stage carriage permit on the route Balaghat to Indore via Waraseoni, Lalbarra, Barghat, Seoni, Chourai, Chiindwara, Parasia, Pipariya, Hoshangabad, Bhopal, ISBT Bhopal, Nadra Stand, Dewas and back on alternative day on its stage carriage vehicle bearing registration Nos.MP 09 AS 0059 & MP 09 AT 0059 have been filed by the petitioner, which have not been decided till date. Therefore, an innocuous prayer is made to direct the respondent No.2 to consider and decide the applications for grant of temporary permit taking note of the provisions of Section 87(1) (c) of the Motor Vehicles Act, within the stipulated time frame.

Learned counsel appearing for the respondents/State has no objection to the innocuous prayer made by the petitioner.

A circular dated 04.06.2014 has been issued by Parivahan Vibhag Mantralaya, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh with respect to consideration of applications for grant of Regular Permits and Temporary Permits within the prescribed period. The relevant extracts reads as under:-

".... ऐसी (cid:4)(cid:5)थित म(cid:10) िनधा(cid:15)(cid:14)रत सभी प(cid:15)रवहन (cid:21)ािधकरण परिमट हेतु (cid:21)ा(cid:27) आवेदन(cid:30) का आधार पर अ(cid:5)थाई परिमट क(cid:33) (cid:4)(cid:5)थित म(cid:10) 10 (cid:34)दवस तथा (cid:5)थाई परिमट क(cid:33) (cid:4)(cid:5)थित म(cid:10) 30 (cid:34)दवस क(cid:33) समयाविध म(cid:10) (cid:36)व(cid:37)मान (cid:21)ावधान(cid:30) के अनुसरण म(cid:10) िनराकरण करेगा। संबंिधत (cid:21)ितमाह (cid:21)ा(cid:27) आवेदन तथा िनराकरण क(cid:33) जानकार(cid:43) अगले माह क(cid:33) 5 तार(cid:43)ख तक मं(cid:46)ालय एवं प(cid:15)रवहन मु(cid:48)यालय को आव(cid:50)यक (cid:51)प से

भेजेग(cid:10)।"

Section 87 (1) (c) of the Motor Vehicles Act is also important which reads as under :-

"Section 87- Temporary Permits.

(1) A Regional Transport Authority and the State Transport Authority may without following the procedure laid down in section 80, grant permits, to be effective for a limited period which shall, not in any case exceed four months, to authorise the use of a transport vehicle temporarily--

(a) for the conveyance of passengers on special occasions such as to and from fairs and religious gatherings, or (b) for the purposes of a seasonal business, or (c) to meet a particular temporary need, or (d) pending decision on an application for the renewal of a permit, and may attach to any such permit such condition as it may think fit:

Provided that a Regional Transport Authority or, as the case may be, State Transport Authority may, in the case of goods carriages, under the circumstances of an exceptional nature, and for reasons to be recorded in writing, grant a permit for a period exceeding four months, but not exceeding one year.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), a temporary permit may be granted thereunder in respect of any route or area where (i) no