K.A.Rasheed vs Regional Transport Authority on 4 January, 2011

       

  

  

 
 
  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM

WP(C).No. 68 of 2011(G)


1. K.A.RASHEED, KARUKAPADATH HOUSE,
                      ...  Petitioner

                        Vs



1. REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY,
                       ...       Respondent

2. SECRETARY, REGIONAL TRANSPORT

                For Petitioner  :DR.K.P.SATHEESAN

                For Respondent  : No Appearance

The Hon'ble MR. Justice P.N.RAVINDRAN

 Dated :04/01/2011

 O R D E R
                        P.N.RAVINDRAN, J.
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                       W.P.(C).No.68 of 2011
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            Dated this the 4th day of January, 2011.

                           J U D G M E N T

The petitioner is a stage carriage operator, operating a

stage carriage on the route Arrattuvazhi Beach-Cherai via

Cheraman, on the strength of a regular permit which is valid till

1.6.2015. The petitioner applied to the Regional Transport

Authority, Thrissur, for variation of the route. The said application

was considered by the Regional Transport Authority at its

meeting held on 15.11.2010. The Regional Transport Authority

decided to grant the variation sought for, subject to settlement of

timings. The grievance voiced by the petitioner is that, though

nearly two months have passed after the variation sought for was

granted and the current records were produced on 14.12.2010, till

date the permit has not been issued. In this writ petition, the

petitioner seeks a direction to the second respondent to settle the

timings and issue the permit on the basis of Ext.P1 proceedings,

within a time limit to be fixed by this Court.

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2. Sri.Basanth Balaji, the learned Government Pleader

appearing for the respondents submitted that the Secretary of

the Regional Transport Authority will settle the timings and issue

the varied permit to the petitioner pursuant to Ext.P1

proceedings expeditiously. In the light of the said submission, I

dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the second

respondent to issue a varied permit to the petitioner after settling

the timings expeditiously and at any rate within two months from

the date on which the petitioner produces a certified copy of this

judgment before him. The second respondent shall settle the

timings with notice to the petitioner and other operators,

operating stage carriages on the route in question.

P.N.RAVINDRAN,
Judge.

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