IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PIUS C.KURIAKOSE WEDNESDAY, THE 28TH FEBRUARY 2007 / 9TH PHALGUNA 1928 WP(C).No. 5956 of 2007(H) ------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ VIJAYAKUMAR K.G., MADHAVAPPILLIL HOUSE, PWD ROAD, NETTOOR, MARADU P.O., TRIPUNITHURA. BY ADV. SRI.SAJEEV KUMAR K.GOPAL SRI.BINOY VASUDEVAN RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1.CORPORATION OF KOCHI, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. 2.THE SECRETARY, CORPORATION OF KOCHI. BY ADV. MR.S.RAMESH BABU, S.C. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 28/02/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: PIUS C. KURIAKOSE,J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - W.P.(C)No.5956 of 2007 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated: 28th February, 2007 JUDGMENT It is fairly conceded by the learned Standing Counsel for the Kochi Corporation that the issue is covered by the judgment of this court in Ernakulam District Private Bus Operators Association v. State of Kerala (2006(3) KLJ 770). The relevant portion of the judgment has been extracted in paragraph 3 of the Writ Petition. In view of the obvious position that the petitioner's bus having Registration No.KL.07/AH 9890 does not start at any point within the limits of the Kochi Corporation and it does not touch any bus-stand established by the Kochi Corporation on its route and its service does not end at a point within Cochin Corporation, there will be a declaration that the petitioner's bus having Registration No.KL.07/AH 9890 operating on the route Eramalloor-Chellanam is not liable to pay bus stand fee/cart stand fee. In view of the above declaration, the respondents/their agents/contractors are restrained from collecting bus stand fee/cart stand fee in respect of the petitioner's stage carriage having Registration No.KL.07/AH 9890. The Writ Petition will stand allowed as above. srd PIUS C.KURIAKOSE, JUDGE W.P.C.No. - 2 -