IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.SURENDRA MOHAN THURSDAY, THE 22ND JULY 2010 / 31ST ASHADHA 1932 WP(C).No. 18300 of 2010(J) --------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ------------------------ BAVESH, KOTTARAPPAT HOUSE, PUNNA, CHAVAKKAD, THRISSUR DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.G.PRABHAKARAN RESPONDENT(S): -------------------------- THE SECRETARY, REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, THRISSUR. BY SR. GOVT. PLEADER MR.K.C. SANTHOSH KUMAR. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 22/07/2010,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: rs. K.SURENDRA MOHAN, J ........................................... WP(C).NO.18300 OF 2010 ............................................ DATED THIS THE 22nd DAY OF JULY, 2010 JUDGMENT The petitioner is a regular Stage Carriage permit holder conducting services on the route Venmanad-Chavakkad- Kunnamkulam-Kaprikad, an intra district route, lying within the limits of the RTA, Thrissur alone. He is conducting services with his Stage Carriage vehicle bearing registration No.KL-8/S 6534. Since the permit was about to expire, the petitioner had submitted an application for the renewal of his permit. The said application is still pending. During the pendency of his application for renewal, the petitioner was being granted temporary permits under Section 87(1)(d) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (`the Act' for short). However, though the petitioner has applied for the re issue of his temporary permit, he complains that the same has not been granted. 2. Since the application of the petitioner for the renewal of his permit is pending, there is no reason why his application for the issue of a temporary permit under Section 87(1)(d) of the Act should not be Wpc 18300/2010 2 considered. Therefore, this writ petition can be disposed of directing the consideration of petitioner's application for temporary permit expeditiously. The learned Senior Government Pleader has no objection to such a direction being issued. 3. In the above circumstances, this writ petition is disposed of directing the respondent to consider the application for temporary permit submitted by the petitioner, evidenced herein by Ext.P2 in accordance with law and to pass appropriate orders thereon as expeditiously as possible and at any rate, within a period of ten days from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. K.SURENDRA MOHAN, JUDGE lgk