IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE C.T.RAVIKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 9TH SEPTEMBER 2010 / 18TH BHADRA 1932 WP(C).No. 28003 of 2010(A) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- M.K.ABDULLA, MANIYANKUNNAM HOUSE, CHELAKKAD POST, PULAMANTHOLE, MALAPPURAM BY ADV. SRI.I.DINESH MENON RESPONDENT(S): --------------- THE SECRETARY, REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, PALAKKAD. BY G.P.SRI.K.C.SANTHOSH THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 09/09/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: C.T.RAVIKUMAR, J. --------------------------------------- W.P(C)No.28003 of 2010 ---------------------------------------- Dated 9th September, 2010 JUDGMENT The petitioner who is the registered owner of stage carriage bearing registration No.KL-9 P 8969 filed this writ petition feeling aggrieved by the delay in the matter of disposal of Ext.P2 application for temporary permit submitted under section 87(1)(d) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. To prove the factum of submission of the said application the petitioner has produced Ext.P3 chalan. There cannot be any doubt that when an application like Ext.P2 has been received by a competent authority, he is bound to consider the same and pass orders thereon in accordance with law. Therefore, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent to consider Ext.P2 application for temporary permit and pass orders thereon in accordance with law expeditiously, at any rate, within a period of seven days from today. C.T.RAVIKUMAR Judge TKS