THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.809 of 2011 ORDER: Petitioner is the owner of a vehicle bearing registration No.AP/4U-9604. The Motor Vehicle Inspector, Kadapa, respondent No.2 herein, seized the same on 20.01.2011 under a vehicle check report. It was pointed out that though the vehicle is meant for transporting passengers; goods of merchandise, which do not belong to the passengers of the vehicle, were loaded on the roof. The petitioner seeks release of the vehicle. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Transport. The Motor Vehicles Act (for short ‘the Act’) and the Rules made there under prescribe the procedure for determination of lapses, if any committed by the owner of the vehicle, and the consequences that flow from such determination. According to the petitioner, notice under any provision of the Act has not yet been issued. The question, as to whether the lapses pointed out in the vehicle check report are true or not, needs to be decided in the proceedings, that may be initiated in accordance with the relevant provisions of law. Continued detention and seizure of the vehicle do not advance the purpose or interest of the respondents. On the other hand, it would expose to theft of parts and damage. The interest of the respondents can be protected by directing that the vehicle of the petitioner be released, subject to certain conditions. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of, directing that the respondents shall release the vehicle bearing No.AP/4U-9604 to the petitioner on his paying a sum of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees ten thousand only). He shall also file an undertaking to the effect that he shall produce the vehicle as and when necessary, and that he shall not alienate the same, in the meanwhile. ________________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:24.01.2011 kdl