IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN TUESDAY, THE 6TH SEPTEMBER 2011 / 15TH BHADRA 1933 WP(C).No. 24187 of 2011(W) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- BABU,S/O.VELUKUTTY,PAMBUNGAL HOUSE, P.O.PURANATTUKARA. BY ADV. SRI.K.V.GOPINATHAN NAIR SMT.G.CHITRA RESPONDENT(S): --------------- THE SECRETARY,REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY,THRISSUR,PIN-680001. BY GOVT. PLEADER SRI.MOHAMMED SHAFI THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 06/09/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(C) No. 24187/2011 APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: EXT.P1 : COPY OF THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY THE PETITIONER BEFORE THE RESPONDENT DATED 22.7.2011 RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS: NIL //TRUE COPY// P.A. TO JUDGE vps P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. --------------------------- W.P.(C) No. 24187 OF 2011 -------------------------- Dated this the 6th day of September, 2011 J U D G M E N T The petitioner is a stage carriage operator operating a stage carriage on the route Nelluvai-Thrissur-Chavakkad on the strength of a regular permit. The running time allotted to the petitioner‘s stage carriage is 2 ½ minutes per kilometer. Contending that other buses operating on the same route/sector thereof are operating their services with a running time of 2 minutes per kilometer, the petitioner has filed Ext.P1 petition dated 22.7.2009 requesting the respondents to reduce the running time of his stage carriage without altering the existing departure time. This writ petition is filed contending that though more than two years have passed after Ext.P1 petition was filed, till date, it has not been considered or disposed of. 2. When the writ petition came up for hearing today, Sri.Mohammed Shafi, the learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondent submitted that if as claimed by the petitioner Ext.P1 petition has been filed and it is pending, the respondent will consider the same in accordance with law and WPC No.24187/2011 2 take an appropriate decision thereon expeditiously. I accordingly dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the respondent to consider Ext.P1 petition, if it has been received and is pending, and pass appropriate orders thereon expeditiously and in any event within two months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this judgment. Needless to say, if the respondent finds that the application deserves to be allowed and consequently the time schedule has to be revised, notice shall be issued to the petitioner and other stage carriage operators who would be affected by the change of timings before the time schedule is revised. P.N.RAVINDRAN, (JUDGE) vps WPC No.24187/2011 3