IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE C.T.RAVIKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 9TH DECEMBER 2010 / 18TH AGRAHAYANA 1932 WP(C).No. 36157 of 2010(T) -------------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------- THE SECRETARY, QUILON AUTOMOBILE EMPLOYEES CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY, NO.Q-797, KADAMPANAD.P.O., ADOOR. BY ADV. SRI.I.DINESH MENON. RESPONDENT: ---------------------- THE SECRETARY REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, PATHANAMTHITTA, PIN – 689 645. BY GOVT. PLEADER SRI. BASANT BALAJI. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 09/12/2010,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: prv. C.T. RAVIKUMAR, J. -------------------------------------------- W.P.(C). NO. 36157 OF 2010 -------------------------------------------- Dated this the 9th day of December, 2010 JUDGMENT The petitioner is a Co-operative Society. The society was operating stage carriage service with stage carriage bearing registration No.KL-3 M 1733 on the route Pathanamthitta-Chavara in the vacancy occurred on account of non-operation of service of stage carriage bearing registration No.KL-3F 5525. The temporary permit issued to the petitioner was valid only up to 6.12.2010. Prior to its expiry, the petitioner has submitted Ext.P2 application for temporary permit in the aforesaid vacancy in terms of the provisions under Section 87(1)(c) of the Motor Vehicles Act. Ext.P2 is still pending before the respondent. 2. Obviously, Ext.P2 is an application for temporary permit filed under Section 87(1)(c) of the Motor Vehicles Act. The respondent is competent to consider the same. Therefore, without making any observation as to the merits of the contentions raised in this Writ Petition, it is disposed of with a direction to the respondent to consider Ext.P2 application for temporary permit expeditiously, at any rate, within a period W.P.(C) NO.36157/2010 2 of ten days from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. (C.T. RAVIKUMAR, JUDGE) spc W.P.(C) NO.36157/2010 3 C.T. RAVIKUMAR, J. JUDGMENT September, 2010