IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN WEDNESDAY, THE 20TH JULY 2011 / 29TH ASHADHA 1933 WP(C).No. 19707 of 2011(K) ---------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ------------------------- ANILKUMAR,S/O.NARAYANAN NAIR, KOORIKKATTIL HOUSE,IRANIKULAM,MALA,THRISSUR. BY ADV. SRI.I.DINESH MENON RESPONDENT(S): --------------------------- 1. THE REGIONAL TRANSPORT OFFICER/TAXATION OFFICER,THRISSUR-680 001. 2. THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT,TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT,SECRETARIAT,TRIVANDRUM-695 001. BY ADV.SRI.JAMES MATHEW KADAVAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 20/07/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: sts WP(C)NO.19707/2011 APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: P1 COPY OF THE REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE OF THE VEHICLE KL-8 Y 6879. P2 COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION DATED 30/6/2011. P3 COPY OF THE JUDGMENT IN WP(C)NO.1258/2011 DATED 18/1/2011. RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS: NIL /TRUE COPY/ P.A.TO.JUDGE sts S. SIRI JAGAN, J. ------------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No.19707 OF 2011 ---------------------------------------------- Dated this the 20th day of July, 2011 JUDGMENT The petitioner seeks a direction to the respondents to permit the petitioner to pay off the motor vehicle tax, in respect of his stage carriage vehicle bearing registration No.KL-8 Y 6879 in instalments for the period from 1.1.2011 to 30.4.2011 and from 1.7.2011 to 30.9.2011. 2. This is opposed by the learned Government Pleader. Having heard both sides, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the 1st respondent to permit the petitioner to pay the motor vehicle tax in respect of the petitioner’s vehicle for the above periods in four equal monthly instalments starting from 1.8.2011. Every subsequent instalment shall be paid on the first working day of every succeeding month. If the petitioner pays the instalments on due dates, without default further coercive recovery proceedings shall be kept in abeyance. However, if the petitioner commits default in payment of any one instalment, it would be open to the respondents to recover the entire amount in a lump sum. S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE acd