IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN WEDNESDAY, THE 30TH MARCH 2011 / 9TH CHAITHRA 1933 WP(C).No. 10026 of 2011(C) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- SIVAPRASAD, KANNETHUPARAMBU, KILIYAMPADAM, BEACH ROAD, KOCHI-2. BY ADV. SRI.G.PRABHAKARAN SMT.R.PADMAKUMARI RESPONDENT(S): --------------- THE SECRETARY, REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, ERNAKULAM-682 030. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.P.M.MANOJ THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30/03/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. ----------------------------------------- W.P(C).No.10026 of 2011 ----------------------------------------- Dated this the 30th March, 2011 JUDGMENT The petitioner is a stage carriage operator operating a stage carriage on the route Thoppumpady - Pallithode on the strength of a regular permit. The time schedule in respect of the said stage carriage was fixed on 9.11.2007. The petitioner has on 19.2.2011 submitted Ext.P1 application before the respondent seeking revision of the time schedule. The grievance voiced by the petitioner is that though more than a month has passed thereafter, till date orders have not been passed thereon. In this writ petition, the petitioner seeks a direction to the respondent to consider the request made in Ext.P1 application and to take an appropriate decision thereon within a time limit to be fixed by this Court. 2. Sri.P.M.Manoj, the learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondent, submits that if Ext.P1 application has been received and is pending, the respondent will consider the same and take an expeditious decision thereon, in accordance W.P(C) NO.10026/2011 -:2:- with law, after notice to the other existing operators. In the light of the said submission, I dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the respondent to consider Ext.P1 application and take an appropriate decision thereon in accordance with law, if it has been received and is pending, expeditiously and in any event within two months from the date on which the petitioner produces a certified copy of this judgment before him after notice to the petitioner and other stage carriage operators who will be affected by the change of timings sought by the petitioner. P.N.RAVINDRAN, Judge. ahg. P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. --------------------------- W.P(C).No.10026 of 2011 ---------------------------- JUDGMENT 30th March, 2011