IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.GIRI THURSDAY, THE 16TH JULY 2009 / 25TH ASHADHA 1931 WP(C).No. 13627 of 2009(W) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- ABDUL AZEEZ, KAVUNGAL, ANNAKKINAR, KOZHIKODE. BY ADV. SRI.G.PRABHAKARAN RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. THE SECRETARY, REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, VATAKARA. 2. THE REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, VATAKARA, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. BY GP SRI.SANTHOSH THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 16/07/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: V.GIRI, J ....................... W.P.(C).13627/2009 ....................... Dated this the 16th day of June, 2009 JUDGMENT Petitioner operates a stage carriage on the route Guruvayur - Kuttiadi on the strength of a regular permit. Bridge at Balussery Mukku has become unfit for operation of stage carriage vehicles. Petitioner then applied for a temporary permit to operate via Atholi, a different route, instead of via Balussery. Request has not been considered and hence the writ petition. 2. Learned Government Pleader, on instructions, submits that the bridge at Balussery Mukku has been repaired and has now become fit for traffic. However, the diverted route in relation to which the petitioner has sought for a temporary permit, will traverse an additional distance of 24 Kms. This therefore, cannot be accepted. 3. In these circumstances, especially since the work over the bridge has been completed, there is no need W.P.(C).13627/09 2 for the application for a temporary permit to be considered, even though it is at the instance of a regular permit holder. Writ petition is therefore, dismissed. 4. But it is made clear that if within one month from today, bridge at Balussery Mukku is not opened for vehicular traffic, it will be open to the petitioner, subject to provisions of law, to make a fresh application for temporary permit via another route other than the route which is mentioned in Ext.P4. V.GIRI, Judge mrcs