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Royal Travells v. State of Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh HC8 Jul 2026WPC/4712/2021

Case brief

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What is this about?

High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur; WPC No. 4712 of 2021; decided 09/07/2026; neutral citation 2026:CGHC:28775; NAFR; Coram: Parth Prateem Sahu, J. Royal Travells (Sayyad Anwar Ali) v. State of Chhattisgarh (Dept. of Transport), Taxation Officer/Regional Transport Officer Raipur, and M/s Kanker Roadways (Narendra Pal Singh Garcha). Petitioner's counsel: Anshul Ranjan Shrivastava; State counsel: Karan Kumar Bahrani (Panel Lawyer). Subject matter: writ of mandamus for decision of complaint/representation dated 28.12.2019; compliance with Transport Commissioner letter dated 02.01.2020 (Annexure P-2) for recovery of tax of Rs. 2,72,53,440 from M/s Kanker Roadways; no statute or precedent cited; writ petition disposed with direction to act on the 02.01.2020 letter expeditiously, in accordance with law, if not already acted upon.

What did the court decide?

Writ petition disposed of with a direction to the Assistant Transport Commissioner, Raipur to comply with the Transport Commissioner, Raipur's letter dated 02.01.2020 in accordance with law, expeditiously, if already not acted upon.

Why is it important?

Finding it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition at this stage, the Court directed the Assistant Transport Commissioner, Raipur to comply with the letter dated 02.01.2020 issued by the Transport Commissioner, Raipur, in accordance with law, expeditiously, if already not acted upon; the Court did not itself order recovery of the specific tax amount or fix any timeline beyond 'expeditiously'. ¶30

What the court decided

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Outcome

Writ petition disposed of with a direction to the Assistant Transport Commissioner, Raipur to comply with the Transport Commissioner, Raipur's letter dated 02.01.2020 in accordance with law, expeditiously, if already not acted upon.

Issue for consideration

Whether a writ of mandamus should issue directing respondents No. 1 and 2 to decide the petitioner's complaint/representation dated 28.12.2019 within a stipulated time. +1 more

Court's answer

Finding it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition at this stage, the Court directed the Assistant Transport Commissioner, Raipur to comply with the letter dated 02.01.2020 issued by the Transport Commissioner, Raipur, in accordance with law, expeditiously, if already not acted upon; the Court did not itself order recovery of the specific tax amount or fix any timeline beyond 'expeditiously'.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Chhattisgarh High Court, Bilaspur (Parth Prateem Sahu, J.) — WPC No. 4712 of 2021, decided 09/07/2026. Royal Travells (through its partner) filed a writ petition seeking (i) a mandamus directing the State Transport Department and the Taxation Officer, RTO Raipur to decide its complaint/representation dated 28.12.2019 against M/s Kanker Roadways, and (ii) recovery of tax of Rs. 2,72,53,440 from M/s Kanker Roadways. On the complaint, the Transport Commissioner, Raipur had by letter dated 02.01.2020 (Annexure P-2) directed the Assistant Transport Commissioner, Raipur to initiate recovery proceedings, but petitioner contended no proper steps followed; the Court noted the letter was over five years old and no party indicated what further steps, if any, had been taken. Disposing of the petition, the Court directed the Assistant Transport Commissioner, Raipur to comply with the letter dated 02.01.2020 in accordance with law, expeditiously, if not already acted upon.

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CGHC010309302021

2026:CGHC:28775

NAFR

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR

WPC No. 4712 of 2021

Royal Travells Through Partner Sayyad Anwar Ali S/o Sayyad Ahmad Ali, Aged About 52 Years, R/o- Office - Shop No. 3, Pagariya Complex, New Bus Stand Pandri, Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh., District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh

... Petitioners

versus

State Of Chhattisgarh Through Department Of Transport, New Mantralaya New Raipur Chhattisgarh

Taxation Officer, Regional Transport Officer, Raipur Chhattisgarh

M / S Kanker Roadways, Through The Partner Narendra Pal Singh Garcha, R/o - Civil Line Raipur, Police Station - Civil Line, Raipur, District - Raipur Chhattisgarh., District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh

... Respondents

For Petitioner : Mr. Anshul Ranjan Shrivastava, Advocate For Respondent-State : Mr. Karan Kumar Bahrani, Panel Lawyer

Hon'ble Shri Parth Prateem Sahu, Judge

ORDER ON BOARD

09/07/2026

Petitioner has filed this writ petition seeking following reliefs.

“10.1 That the Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to call for the entire records from the respondent no. 1 and 2.

10.2 That, it is respectfully prayed that this Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to issue writ of mandamus and kindly direct the respondent No. 1 and 2 to decide the complaint/ representation dated 28.12.2019 of the petitioner within any stipulated time.

10.3 That, it is respectfully prayed that this Hon’ble PAWAN KUMARJHA Court may kindly be pleased to direct the Digitally signed by PAWAN KUMAR JHA

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respondent authorities to recover the tax amount of Rs. 2,72,53,440 from the respondent No. 3.

10.3 Any other relief which the Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper may also be granted in favour of the petitioner.”

Learned counsel for petitioner submits that petitioner has made a complaint to Respondent No. 2 against Respondent No. 3, based on which cognizance was taken and the Transport Commissioner, Raipur has issued a letter to the Assistant Transport Commissioner, Raipur directing to initiate proceedings for recovery of tax. The said letter is dated 02.01.2020. However, till date no proper steps have been taken in compliance with the letter Annexure P-2 dated 02.01.2020.

Learned State counsel submits that based on the complaint, steps have been taken for recovery of tax due to Respondent No. 3.

I have heard learned counsel for the respective parties.

The complaint filed by petitioner before Respondent No. 2 is dated 28.12.2019 and pursuant to the complaint, letter is issued by the Transport Commissioner, Raipur, on 02.01.2020 to the Assistant Transport Commissioner, Raipur for recovery of the tax due from Respondent No. 3. The said letter is about more than five years old. None of the counsel for the parties have made submission before this Court as to whether any further steps have been taken in this regard based on the letter issued by the Transport Commissioner.

Be that as it may, submission of learned counsel for petitioner is that pursuant to letter Annexure P-2 no further proceedings have been drawn. In above facts of the case, I find it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition at this stage, directing Assistant Transport Commissioner, Raipur to comply with the letter dated 02.01.2020 issued by the Transport Commissioner, Raipur, in accordance with law, expeditiously, if already not acted upon. It is ordered accordingly.

Sd/-

(Parth Prateem Sahu)

JUDGE

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Issues for consideration

2 issues framed by the court

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1.
Whether a writ of mandamus should issue directing respondents No. 1 and 2 to decide the petitioner's complaint/representation dated 28.12.2019 within a stipulated time.¶20
The court held
Finding it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition at this stage, the Court directed the Assistant Transport Commissioner, Raipur to comply with the letter dated 02.01.2020 issued by the Transport Commissioner, Raipur, in accordance with law, expeditiously, if already not acted upon; the Court did not itself order recovery of the specific tax amount or fix any timeline beyond 'expeditiously'.ratio¶30
2.
Whether the respondent authorities should be directed to recover the tax amount of Rs. 2,72,53,440 from respondent No. 3 (M/s Kanker Roadways).¶23

Procedural history

How this case reached the court

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Prior proceeding
Petitioner filed a complaint dated 28.12.2019 before Respondent No. 2 (Taxation Officer, RTO Raipur) against Respondent No. 3 (M/s Kanker Roadways); cognizance was taken on it.¶29
Prior proceeding
Pursuant to the complaint, the Transport Commissioner, Raipur issued a letter dated 02.01.2020 to the Assistant Transport Commissioner, Raipur for recovery of the tax due from Respondent No. 3.¶29
Prior proceeding
Counsel for petitioner stated that no proper steps have been taken in compliance with the letter, marked as Annexure P-2, dated 02.01.2020.¶25
Prior proceeding
The Court observed that the 02.01.2020 letter was more than five years old and that no counsel for the parties submitted whether any further steps had been taken pursuant to it.¶29

Parties & counsel

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petitioner
Royal Travells Through Partner Sayyad Anwar Ali¶7
Anshul Ranjan Shrivastava
respondent
State Of Chhattisgarh Through Department Of Transport¶10
Karan Kumar Bahrani
respondent
Taxation Officer, Regional Transport Officer, Raipur¶11
respondent
M / S Kanker Roadways Through The Partner Narendra Pal Singh Garcha¶12

Coram

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Parth Prateem Sahuauthor¶15

Case details

As recorded by the court registry

Court: Chhattisgarh HC
Decided on: 8 Jul 2026 · July
Registered: 18 Nov 2021
Case no.: WPC/4712/2021
CNR: CGHC010309302021
Bench: Parth Prateem Sahu
Disposal: DISPOSED OFF
Case type: WPC

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Cite this judgement

Royal Travells v. State of Chhattisgarh, WPC/4712/2021 (CG), decided on 8 July 2026.

The High Court of Chhattisgarh publishes no neutral citation for this judgement — cite it by case number and date of decision.

Procedural history4

Petitioner filed a complaint dated 28.12.2019 before Respondent No. 2 (Taxation Officer, RTO Raipur) against Respondent No. 3 (M/s Kanker Roadways); cognizance was taken on it.
Pursuant to the complaint, the Transport Commissioner, Raipur issued a letter dated 02.01.2020 to the Assistant Transport Commissioner, Raipur for recovery of the tax due from Respondent No. 3.

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