IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.SURENDRA MOHAN WEDNESDAY, THE 17TH MARCH 2010 / 26TH PHALGUNA 1931 WP(C).No. 7235 of 2010(D) ------------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------- C.A.VINCENT, S/O.C.L.ANDREWS, CHAZHOOR HOUSE, PAZHOOR, POST PUTHANKUNNU, CHEERAL,SULTHAN BATHERY, WAYANAD. BY ADV. MR.G.PRABHAKARAN. RESPONDENTS: ------------------------ 1. THE REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, KOZHIKODE, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. 2. THE SECRETARY, REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, KOZHIKODE. R1 & R2 BY SR. GOVT. PLEADER MR. K.C. SANTHOSH KUMAR. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 17/03/2010,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: prv. K. SURENDRA MOHAN, J. ------------------------------------------------------------ W.P(C) NO: 7235 OF 2010 D ----------------------------------------------------------- Dated this the 17th March, 2010. JUDGMENT The petitioner is a stage carriage operator conducting services on the route Nambiarkunnu-Kozhikode as a limited stop ordinary service with stage carriage bearing registration No: KL-12/B 1047. The existing running time of the petitioner has been altered to 1.5 minutes per kilometer which, according to the petitioner is applicable only to limited stop fast passenger service. Therefore the petitioner preferred an application for the variation of his permit and conversion as a limited stop fast passenger service. The complaint of the petitioner is that no orders have been passed on the same till date. Therefore, he seeks appropriate directions. The Government pleader has no objections to such a direction being issued. 2. In the above circumstances this writ petition is disposed of directing the first respondent to consider the request of the petitioner for the variation of his permit in accordance with law and to pass appropriate orders thereon as expeditiously as possible and WPC 7235/2010 2 at any rate within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. K. SURENDRA MOHAN Judge jj WPC 7235/2010 3 K.K.DENESAN & V. RAMKUMAR, JJ. ---------------------------------------------------- M.F.A.NO: ----------------------------------------------------- JUDGMENT Dated: