THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY Writ Petition No.20936 of 2011 Dated 03rd August, 2011 Between: G.Srinivas Rao …Petitioner And The Secretary, Regional Transport Authority (West Zone), Hyderabad and another …Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Sri Ch.Ravinder Counsel for respondents: AGP for Transport The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a mandamus to declare the seizure of road roller bearing registration No.AP13A 1040 vide check report No.0787851, dated 02.10.2009, as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioner claims to be the owner of the above-mentioned road roller, which was seized on 02.10.2009, on the allegations that no proof of tax payment was shown and driving licence was not produced. The petitioner averred that due to his personal reasons, he could not approach this Court at earlier point of time even though he has approached respondent No.1 with a request to release the vehicle and that no enquiry has been commenced so far. The petitioner failed to produce any proof of his approaching respondent No.1 either for release of the seized road roller or for completion of the enquiry. The learned Assistant Government Pleader for Transport, on instructions, submitted that as the documents pertaining to the seized vehicle have been misplaced, enquiry could not completed. In my opinion, the respondents cannot be negligent in misplacing the papers pertaining to the seized vehicle. Even though the petitioner has failed to move the respondents for nearly two years, that by itself would not offer an excuse for the respondents for keeping the enquiry pending under the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and the Andhra Pradesh Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1963. Under these circumstances, the writ petition is disposed of with the direction to respondent No.1 to complete the enquiry after issuing notice to the petitioner and pass an appropriate order within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.25474 of 2011 shall stand disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 03rd August, 2011 VGB