IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.GIRI SATURDAY, THE 23RD MAY 2009 / 2ND JYAISHTA 1931 WP(C).No. 13195 of 2009(T) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- VINOD KUMAR V,S/O.M.S.VENUGOPAL V.VIHAR HOUSE (THAILAM PARAMBIL) SABARMATHI ROAD,PALARIVATTOM,COCHIN. BY ADV. SRI.SAJEEV KUMAR K.GOPAL RESPONDENT(S): --------------- THE SECRETARY,REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY,ERNAKULAM. BY GP SRI. P.N.SANTHOSH THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 23/05/2009,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: V.GIRI, J ------------------- W.P.(C).13195/2009 -------------------- Dated this the 23rd day of May, 2009 JUDGMENT Petitioner, operator of a stage carriage, applied for a temporary permit in the vacancy caused by the default committed by a regular permit holder operating on the route Vyppin - Kizhakke Appangatt. It seems that he applied for temporary permit for four months. His grievance is that temporary permits are granted only for 20 days. 2. There is some force in the submission made by the petitioner that if the default continues in the vacancy, then there is no reason why the temporary permit must be confined only to 20 days. 3. In the result, writ petition is disposed of directing the respondent to consider the grant of temporary permit on the route Vyppin - Kizhakke Appangatt as long as the vacancy exists, for four W.P.(C).13195/2009 2 months. If there is any objection in granting a temporary permit for the said vacancy, separate proceedings shall be issued by the respondent indicating the reasons against the grant of temporary permit. It will then be open to the petitioner or any other aggrieved person for that matter to further pursue their request for grant of temporary permit for a period in excess of 20 days. V.GIRI, Judge mrcs