IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN MONDAY, THE 4TH JULY 2011 / 13TH ASHADHA 1933 WP(C).No. 17954 of 2011(T) ------------------------ PETITIONER : -------------------- C.L.JOHNSON, S/O.LONAPPAN, CHITTILAPPILLY HOUSE, MUNDOOR, THRISSUR DISTRICT. BY ADVS. SRI.G.HARIHARAN SRI. PRAVEEN HARIHARAN RESPONDENT : --------------- SECRETARY, REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, THRISSUR, PIN-680001. BY SR. GOVT. PLEADER SRI. S. ABDUL SALAM THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 04/07/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: Mn ...2/- WP(C).No. 17954 of 2011(T) APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: EXT.P1 : COPY OF THE PROCEEDINGS DATED 05.10.2009 ISSUED BY THE REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, THRISSUR RELATING TO BUS NO. KL-08AP-7978. EXT.P2 : COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION DATED 27.12.2010 MADE BY THE PETITIONER BEFORE THE RESPONDENT REVISION OF HIS OWN TIMINGS. RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS - NIL //TRUE COPY// P.A. TO JUDGE Mn P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. --------------------------- W.P.(C) No. 17954 OF 2011 -------------------------- Dated this the 4th day of July, 2011 J U D G M E N T The prayer in this writ petition, filed by a stage carriage operator, is for a direction to the respondent to consider Ext.P2 representation and take a decision thereon expeditiously. 2. A reading of Ext.P2 discloses that the request therein is to change the time schedule alloted to the petitioner's stage carriage which was fixed by Ext.P1 order dated 5.10.2009. As per the said time schedule, the petitioner's bus leaves Wadakkancherry at 5.00 am, reaches Thrissur at 5.30 am, departs Thrissur at 6.19 am and reaches Kozhikode at 9.34 am. The return journey from Kozhikode commences at 10.00 am and the bus reaches Thrissur at 1.15 pm. From Thrissur the service leaves only at 3.40 pm. It is stated in Ext.P2 that the waiting time of 2 hours 25 minutes at Thrissur is unnecessary and of no use. Apart from stating so, the petitioner has no case that the circumstances that were prevailing at the time when the time schedule was settled have been in any way altered. 3. A Division Bench of this Court has in Krishnankutty v. John (1992 (2) KLT 883) held that in the absence of any change in WPC No.17954/2011 2 the circumstances after the time schedule was settled, a stage carriage operator cannot seek revision of the timings. In the light of the admitted fact that there has been no change in the circumstances from those which obtained when the existing time schedule was settled, I find no reason to direct the respondent to entertain Ext.P2 and pass orders thereon. I accordingly hold that there is no merit in the writ petition. The writ petition fails and is dismissed. P.N.RAVINDRAN, (JUDGE) vps