IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN FRIDAY, THE 18TH FEBRUARY 2011 / 29TH MAGHA 1932 WP(C).No. 5136 of 2011(N) ------------------------- PETITIONER: --------------- KUNHIMOHAMMED.P., S/O.RAIMMU HAJI, PANGAT HOUSE, P.O.OORAKAM,MELMURI, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.SAJU J.VALLYARA RESPONDENT: --------------- THE SECRETARY, REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, MALAPPURAM PIN – 676505. BY GOVT. PLEADER SRI.BASANT BALAJI THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 18/02/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. --------------------------- W.P.(C) No. 5136 OF 2011 -------------------------- Dated this the 18th day of February, 2011 J U D G M E N T The petitioner is a stage carriage operator operating a stage carriage on the route Erumamunda-Kaippini Kadavu (Via) Kurumbalangode, Kolompadam and Koomamthode as an ordinary service. He had applied for variation of the route by extending the service from Kaippini Kadavu to Chungathara (Via) New Bridge and Marthoma College. The Regional Transport Authority, Malappuram that met on 22.12.2010 resolved to grant the variation sought by the petitioner subject to settlement of timings. The grievance voiced by the petitioner in this writ petition is that till date the time schedule has not been settled and the permit issued. In this writ petition, the petitioner seeks a direction to the respondent to issue the permit after settling the timings within a time limit to be fixed by this Court. 2. Sri.Basant Balaji, the learned Government pleader appearing for the respondent submits that the respondent will take steps to hold a timing conference with notice to the petitioner and the other stage carriage operators operating stage carriages on the route and take steps to issue the permit expeditiously. I accordingly WPC No.5136/2011 2 dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the respondent to hold a timing conference with notice to the petitioner and other stage carriage operators, who will be affected by the time schedule proposed by the petitioner, and issue the revised permit expeditiously and in any event within two months from today. P.N.RAVINDRAN, (JUDGE) vps WPC No.5136/2011 3 WPC No.5136/2011 4