HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT PETITION No. 27772 OF 2008 . DATED 1st December, 2010 BETWEEN N.Mohan Reddy …Petitioner and The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Transport, Secretariat, Hyderabad and ors ….Respondents. HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT PETITION No. 27772 OF 2008. ORDER: The petitioner purchased the ‘Qualis’ four wheeler vehicle bearing Registration No.AP 10 Q 5467 from the sixth respondent by paying full sale consideration and the said vehicle was transferred in the name of the petitioner on 26.4.2005. It is the case of the petitioner that after a gap of six months, it is transpired that the same registration number has been allotted to the vehicle of the seventh respondent. Hence, the petitioner filed a private complaint before the lower criminal Court and the same was referred to Police Station, at Uppal, who also after investigation, filed charge-sheet. It is submitted by the learned Counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has also filed representations before the third and second respondents on 29.2.2007 and 23.5.2008 respectively pointing out that the Transport authorities have allotted same number to the three vehicles, out of which, one of the vehicle is owned by the petitioner, and issued three RC books, and, requested to suspend the same number allotted to other two vehicles. As no action is being taken by respondents 1 to 5, the present Writ Petition is filed. Counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of the third respondent, wherein it has been averred that the matter is under police investigation and as long as the investigation is not completed, no further action can be taken. In view of the stand of the official respondents, the request of the petitioner cannot be acceded to at this stage keeping in view the fact that the case with regard to issuance of same registration number to three vehicles is under police investigation. The official respondents 1 to 5 are directed to expedite the investigation. With the above observation, the Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ------------------------------------ JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA Dated 1st December, 2010. Msnro