IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.SURENDRA MOHAN THURSDAY, THE 12TH AUGUST 2010 / 21ST SRAVANA 1932 WP(C).No. 24559 of 2010(T) ---------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ----------------------- USMAN, S/O.LATE SAINABA, PANGINIKADAN HOUSE, KADANNAMANNA, MANJERI. BY ADV. SRI.I.DINESH MENON RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------- 1. THE SECRETARY, REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, PALAKKAD. 2. THE REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, PALAKKAD. 3. THE DISTRICT TRANSPORT OFFICER, KSRTC, PALAKKAD. BY SR. GOVT. PLEADER SRI.K.S.MUHAMMED HASHIM THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 12/08/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: tss K.SURENDRA MOHAN, J. ------------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No.24559 of 2010 ------------------------------------------- Dated this the 12th August, 2010 JUDGMENT The petitioner is the registered owner of a stage carriage vehicle bearing Reg.No.KL-10/L 165. According to the petitioner, his father was having a regular permit on the route Mulanjur-Manjeri. Thereafter, though the permit was transferred to his mother, the permit was not subsequently renewed and it therefore lapsed. Subsequently, the petitioner applied for the issue of a temporary permit and has been conducting services on the route continuously from February 2009 onwards. While so, the application for temporary permit submitted by the petitioner was rejected on the ground that a scheme of nationalisation was in operation over the route. The petitioner then submitted an application for the issue of a temporary permit under Section 104 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (the 'Act' for short). On receipt of the said application, the second respondent addressed the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation ('KSRTC' for short) to wpc No.24559/2010 2 ascertain whether they have preferred any application for the issue of a permit on the route and also to ascertain whether they have any objection to the grant of a temporary permit to the petitioner. The petitioner seeks a direction for an early disposal of his application. 2. The Government Pleader on instructions submits that the KSRTC has no objection to the application submitted by the petitioner being considered. They have also not applied for the grant of any permit on the route. 3. In the above circumstances, this writ petition is disposed of directing the second respondent to consider the application for temporary permit submitted by the petitioner in accordance with law and to pass appropriate orders thereon, as expeditiously as possible and at any rate within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. K.SURENDRA MOHAN, JUDGE css/