IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.SURENDRA MOHAN WEDNESDAY, THE 31ST MARCH 2010 / 10TH CHAITHRA 1932 WP(C).No. 11308 of 2010(K) ---------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ------------------------ NAVAS BABU, PARAKKAL HOUSE, PARIKANNUR P.O., KUTTIPURAM, REP.BY ITS POWER OF ATTORNEY MOHAMMED SALEEM, KAKKATIL HOUSE, PARIKKANNUR P.O., TIRUR. BY ADV. SRI.STALIN PETER DAVIS RESPONDENT(S): ---------------------------- THE SECRETARY, R.T.A., PALAKKAD. BY SR. GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI. K.C. SANTHOSH KUMAR THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 31/03/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: Kss K.SURENDRA MOHAN, J. ------------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No.11308 of 2010 ------------------------------------------- Dated this the 31st day of March, 2010 JUDGMENT The petitioner is a stage carriage operator conducting services on the route Valancherry-Pattambi with a vehicle bearing Reg.No.KL-10/C 6345. His regular permit expired on 30.12.2007. According to the petitioner, he has already filed an application for the renewal of his regular permit. During the pendency of his application for renewal, the petitioner has submitted Ext.P1 application for the issue of a temporary permit under Section 87(1)(d) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. The petitioner complains that no orders have been passed thereon till date. The learned Senior Government Pleader does not have any objection to the matter being expedited. 2. In the above circumstances, this writ petition is disposed of directing the respondent to consider the application of the petitioner for temporary permit evidenced herein by Ext.P1, with the later model vehicle with which his vehicle is sought to be replaced as per Ext.P4 and to pass appropriate orders thereon in accordance with law, as expeditiously as possible and at any rate within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. K.SURENDRA MOHAN, JUDGE css/