IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.SURENDRA MOHAN FRIDAY, THE 23RD APRIL 2010 / 3RD VAISAKHA 1932 WP(C).No. 13657 of 2010(F) ---------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ------------------------- SHAJI MATHEW,KALPAKA, POOYAPPALLY, KOTTARAKKARA, BY ADV. SRI.O.D.SIVADAS RESPONDENT(S): ---------------------------- 1. THE REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, KOLLAM,REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, 2. THE SECRETARY, REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY,KOLLAM. BY GOVT. PLEADER MR.M.A.ASIFF THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 23/04/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: tss K. SURENDRA MOHAN, J. ------------------------------------------------------------ W.P(C) NO: 13657 OF 2010 ----------------------------------------------------------- Dated this the 23rd April, 2010. JUDGMENT The petitioner is the owner of a stage carriage bearing registration No: KL 2/D 414. He had applied for a regular permit on the route Odanavattam-Melevila. However, his application was rejected for the reason that the route proposed by him was overlapping with a notified route. The petitioner challenged the rejection of his application in M.V.A.A.51/2010 before the State Transport Appellate Tribunal (STAT). The appeal was disposed of with a direction to the petitioner to submit a modified application limiting the overlapping to the permissible limit. Accordingly the petitioner submitted a modified application. His complaint is that no orders have been passed thereon till date. Therefore, he seeks appropriate orders for the disposal of his application on an early date. The learned Govt. Pleader has no objection to such a direction being issued. 2. In the above circumstances, this writ petition is disposed of directing the first respondent to consider the modified application of the petitioner, evidenced herein by Ext.P3, in accordance with law and to pass appropriate orders thereon as WPC 13657/2010 2 expeditiously as possible and at any rate within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. K. SURENDRA MOHAN Judge jj WPC 13657/2010 3