IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN WEDNESDAY, THE 30TH MARCH 2011 / 9TH CHAITHRA 1933 WP(C).No. 10138 of 2011(N) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- BASKARAN, S/O. KRISHNAN, KILIVAYIL HOUSE, P.O.IRINGALLUR, VENGARA,MALAPPURAM DISTRICT BY ADV. SRI.G.HARIHARAN SRI.PRAVEEN.H. RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, VADAKARA, KOZHIKODE DISTRICT. REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, PIN-673101. 2. REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, MALAPPURAM REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY.PIN-676505. 3. REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, THRISSUR REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. PIN-680003. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.BASANT BALAJI SRI.MURALI PURUSHOTHAMAN, SC ELECTION COMMISSION THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30/03/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. ----------------------------------------- W.P(C).No.10138 of 2011 ----------------------------------------- Dated this the 30th March, 2011 JUDGMENT The petitioner is a stage carriage operator operating a stage carriage on the route Nadapuram – Guruvayur as a limited stop fast passenger service. The permit issued to the petitioner was valid upto 10.8.2009. Even before the expiry of the permit he had submitted Ext.P1 application for renewal of the permit on 6.8.2009 itself. The Regional Transport Authority, Vadakara that met on 3.12.2010 considered the application and directed the Secretary to seek concurrence of the Regional Transport Authorities at Malappuram and Thrissur in view of the fact that the route is an inter-district route. The grievance voiced by the petitioner is that though more than three months have passed thereafter, till date the Regional Transport Authorities at Malappuram and Thrissur have not considered the request for concurrence and taken a decision in the matter. In this writ petition the petitioner seeks a direction to the Regional Transport Authorities at Malappuram and Thrissur to take a decision on the W.P(C) NO.10138/2011 -:2:- request made by the Regional Transport Authority, Vadkara for concurrence in the matter of renewal of the stage carriage permit held by the petitioner within a time limit to be fixed by this Court. 2. Ext.P2 discloses that the Regional Transport Authority, Vadakara decided to seek the concurrence of the Regional Transport Authorities at Malappuram and Thrissur way back on 3.12.2010. More than three months have passed thereafter. In such circumstances I dispose of the writ petition with a direction to respondents 2 and 3 to take a final decision on the request made by the first respondent for concurrence in the matter of renewal of the stage carriage permit issued to the petitioner expeditiously and in any event before 31.5.2011. Upon receipt of the decision of respondents 2 and 3 the first respondent shall take an appropriate decision on the petitioner's application for renewal of the permit within another month thereafter and shall also issue the permit if it decides to renew the permit, expeditiously. P.N.RAVINDRAN, Judge. ahg. P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. --------------------------- W.P(C).No.10138 of 2011 ---------------------------- JUDGMENT 30th March, 2011