IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.SURENDRA MOHAN MONDAY, THE 15TH FEBRUARY 2010 / 26TH MAGHA 1931 WP(C).No. 4169 of 2010(U) ------------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------- MRS.V.K.GAYATHRI, KUNNATH HOUSE, PERUMBALAM P.O, CHERTHALA, ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT. BY ADV. MR.G.PRABHAKARAN. RESPONDENTS: ------------------------ 1. THE REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, ERNAKULAM, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. 2. THE SECRETARY, REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, ERNAKULAM. R1 & R2 BY GOVT. PLEADER MR. K.C. SANTHOSH KUMAR. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 15/02/2010,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: prv. K.SURENDRA MOHAN, J ........................................... WP(C).NO.4169 OF 2010 ............................................ DATED THIS THE 15th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2010 JUDGMENT The petitioner is a Stage Carriage operator. He was operating on the route Eroor gate - Puthukkalavattom with Stage Carriage vehicle No.KL-4/Q 2030. He was holding a regular permit. However, the petitioner could not submit an application for renewal of his regular permit before the expiry of the same. According to the petitioner, he was sick and laid up and there was no one else to help him. That was the reason why he was not able to submit an application for renewal of his permit within time. 2. However, the petitioner has submitted Ext.P2 application for renewal of his permit. He has also submitted a petition for condonation of the delay in submitting his renewal application, supported by a Medical Certificate. The petitioner has also submitted Ext.P5 application for the issue of a temporary permit under Section 87(1)(d) of the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988. The petitioner complains that no orders have been passed by the second respondent on his application Wpc 4169/2010 2 for issue of a temporary permit. 3. In the above circumstances, the second respondent is directed to consider Ext.P5 application of the petitioner, in accordance with law, as expeditiously as possible, and at any rate within a period of one week from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. K.SURENDRA MOHAN, JUDGE lgk