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

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ON THE 6 OF JANUARY, 2026 WRIT PETITION No. 49257 of 2025 SYED SAJID ALI Versus THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri Ashish Rawat - Advocate for the petitioner.

Shri A.S.Baghel - Government Advocate for the respondents/State.

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

"7.1 Allow the writ and to issue a writ of mandamus directing the respondent No.2 to continue grant temporary permit under Section 87(1)(d) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 to the petitioner on the routes Achalpur to Betul which is an Inter- statal route on his vehicle bearing registration number MP48ZE-8111 till the application of the petitioner for grant of renewal of regular permit is decided.

7.2 Any other appropriate orders against respondents be issued in favour of the petitioner with cost of the petition."

2. It is the case of the petitioner that the petitioner was holding regular stage carriage permit on the route Achalpur to Betul for last many years which has been renewed from time to time and the same was also countersign and the permit was valid till 31.07.2025. Thereafter, the petitioner has submitted an application for grant of renewal of regular permit before the respondent No.2 under Section 81 of the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988. The said application was not considered by the respondent No.2 owing to which the petitioner has preferred a writ petition being Writ Petition No.27716/2025 which was disposed off vide order dated 22.07.2025 with a direction to the respondent No.2 to decide the petitioner's application on or before 31.07.2025 as the permit was going to expire on 31.07.2025. However, the respondent No.2 has not decided the petitioner's application as directed by this Hon'ble Court. Thereafter, the petitioner has submitted an application for grant of temporary permit during the pendency of the renewal of his regular permit under Section 87(1)(d) of the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 which was also not decided by the respondent No.2. Against which the petitioner has preferred Writ Petition No.31789/2025 before this Court which was also disposed off vide order dated 11.08.2025 directing the respondent No.2 to consider and decide the application within 15 days. The respondent No.2 has granted temporary permit to the petitioner till 30.11.2025 on the above said route. The respondent No.2 vide its order dated 09.10.2025 rejected the petitioner's application for renewal of the regular permit. Thereafter the petitioner preferred an appeal before the STAT, MP against the above said order, which was allowed on 25.11.2025 and remanded the matter back to the respondent No.2 for reconsideration. Thereafter, the petitioner has submitted an application for grant of temporary permit under Section 87 (1)(d) of the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 but the same has not been decided till date by the respondent No.2.

3. Counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that petitioner has applied for grant of renewal of regular permit before the respondent respondent No.2 but till date the said application has not been reconsidered by the authorities. Thereafter, the petitioner has also applied for grant of temporary permit till the application for Regular Stage Carriage permit is decided but the said application is also still pending before the respondent No.2. Now the situation faced by the petitioner is that application for Regular Stage Carriage permit has not been decided nor the application for temporary permit has been decided which is causing heavy loss to the petitioner. An innocuous prayer is made to direct the respondent No.2 to decide both the applications of the petitioner expeditiously.

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

5. In view of the aforesaid, the respondent No.2 is directed to decide the application of the petitioner for grant of temporary permit within