IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN WEDNESDAY, THE 13TH JANUARY 2010 / 23TH POUSHA 1931 WP(C).No. 33208 of 2009(U) --------------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------- M. VIJAYAN, MILAYIL HOUSE, K. PURAM, TANALOOR, TIRUR. BY ADVS. MR.P.DEEPAK, SMT.APARNA RAJAN. RESPONDENT: ---------------------- THE SECRETARY, R.T.A, MALAPPURAM. BY SR. GOVT. PLEADER MR. K.S. MOHAMMED HASHIM. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 13/01/2010,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(C). NO.33208/2009-U: APPENDIX PETITIONERS' EXHIBITS: EXT.P.1: COPY OF THE PERMIT VALID TO 26/11/2009 DTD. 27/07/09. EXT.P.2: COPY OF THE APPLICATION DTD. 17/03/09. EXT.P.3: COPY OF THE APPLICATION DTD. 06/11/2009. EXT.P.4: COPY OF THE RECEIPT. EXT.P.5: COPY OF THE JUDGMENT IN W.P.(C).NO.9707/09 DTD. 26/03/09. RESPONDENTS' EXHIBITS: NIL. //TRUE COPY// P.S. TO JUDGE. Prv. P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. ---------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No. 33208 of 2009 - U ---------------------------------------- Dated 13th January, 2010 Judgment The petitioner is a stage carriage operator operating on the route Purathur-Kuttazhi-Azhimugham on the strength of a regular permit. When the permit was about to expire, the petitioner submitted application for renewal thereof. Since the current records of the vehicle were not produced, the application was not considered. He therefore applied for the grant of temporary permit. A temporary permit evidenced by Ext.P1 was thereupon issued to him. Before the expiry of the validity of the said temporary permit, the petitioner submitted Ext.P3 application dated 6.11.2009 for renewal of the temporary permit from 27.11.2009. The grievance voiced by the petitioner is that till date orders have not been passed thereon. In this writ petition, the petitioner seeks a direction to the respondent to pass orders on Ext.P3 application for re-issue of the temporary permit pending consideration of his application for a regular permit. W.P.(C) No.33208/2009 2 2. Sri.K.S.Mohammed Hashim, the learned Senior Government Pleader appearing for the respondent submits on instructions that Ext.P3 application was rejected for the reason that the bus has no permit and that his application for renewal of regular permit has not been disposed of for the reason that the petitioner has not produced the current records of the vehicle. In such circumstances, I am of the opinion that no orders can be passed in this writ petition. If the petitioner is aggrieved by the rejection of his application for the re-issue of a temporary permit, his remedy lies in other appropriate proceedings. Without prejudice to the right of the petitioner to challenge the order rejecting Ext.P3 application in other appropriate proceedings, this writ petition is dismissed. P.N.RAVINDRAN Judge vaa