IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.GIRI WEDNESDAY, THE 8TH JULY 2009 / 17TH ASHADHA 1931 WP(C).No. 15852 of 2009(B) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- I.C.SHANIL KUMAR, S/O. CHANDRAN, IRUDUKAVIL HOUSE, SUKAPURAM, KALADITHARA, EDAPPAI, MALAPPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.P.DEEPAK RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. THE REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, THRISSUR, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, THRISSUR. 2. THE SECRETARY, REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, THRISSUR. 3. THE KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPN., REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN & MANAGING DIRECTOR, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY SC SRI.K.PRABHAKARAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 08/07/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: V.GIRI, J ------------------- W.P.(C).15852/2009 -------------------- Dated this the 8th day of July, 2009 JUDGMENT Petitioner applied for a regular permit to conduct service on the route Kuttipuram - Guruvayoor which is an inter district route traversing the Districts of Malappuram and Thrissur. Regular permit was granted by the RTA, Malappuram, subject to counter signature of the RTA, Thrissur. RTA, Thrissur, the 1st respondent, rejected the application for counter signature essentially on the ground that the same violates the proposal contained in the draft notification issued under Section 99(1) of the Kerala Motor Vehicles Act. The view was affirmed by the Tribunal and hence the writ petition. 2. The only contention raised by the learned counsel for the petitioner is that the application for counter signature could have been disposed of or directed to be disposed of by the Tribunal, after the draft notification referred to therein, is either finalized or lapsed. I have considered a similar contention and upheld the same in Writ Petition W.P.(C).15852/2009 2 No.15665/2009. In the circumstances, Exts.P3 and P4 are set aside and the 1st respondent is directed to consider the petitioner's application for counter signature, after the finalization/lapse of draft notification dated 15.9.2008. Writ petition is disposed of as above. V.GIRI, Judge mrcs