IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR FRIDAY, THE 17TH OCTOBER 2008 / 25TH ASWINA 1930 WP(C).No. 40360 of 2003(D) -------------------------- PETITIONER: --------------- K.S.R.T.C., REP.BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR TRANSPORT BHAVAN, EAST FORT, TRIVANDRUM. BY ADV. JOHNDON P JOHN, SC, KSRTC RESPONDENTS: --------------- 1. THE REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, KOTTAYAM, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY. 2. SRI.SHAJI KURUVILA, SUSAMMA VILASAM, KUMARAKOM, KOTTAYAM. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER, SRI.MATHEW GEORGE VADAKKEL. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 17/10/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(C) NO.40360/2003 APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXTS: EXT.P1: COPY OF THE PERMIT. //TRUE COPY/ PA TO JUDGE. K. BALAKRISHNAN NAIR, J. ---------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No.40360 OF 2003 ---------------------------------------- Dated this the 17th day of October, 2008 J U D G M E N T ~~~~~~~~~~~ The petitioner K.S.R.T.C. challenges Ext.P1 permit issued by the Regional Transport Authority, Kottayam to the 2nd respondent on the route Kottayam - Ambayathodu. The validity of the permit was from 30.7.1999 to 29.7.2004. The decision of the Regional Transport Authority to grant the permit, which must have been taken some time in 1999, is not produced or challenged. Of course, in a writ petition filed in 2003, a decision in 1999 cannot be challenged. Further, though this Court ordered notice in this writ petition on 16.1.2004, no steps were taken by the petitioner for issuing notice to the respondents. For all the above reasons, the writ petition is dismissed. (K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR, JUDGE) ps