IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN TUESDAY, THE 11TH JANUARY 2011 / 21ST POUSHA 1932 WP(C).No. 806 of 2011(A) ------------------------ PETITIONER(S): --------------- MANOJ K.P., KUZHIKANDATHIL HOUSE, P.O.KALLANODE, KAKKAYAM, KOZHIKODE. BY ADV. SRI.I.DINESH MENON RESPONDENT(S): --------------- THE SECRETARY, REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, VADAKARA - 673 101. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.P.M.MANOJ THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 11/01/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. ----------------------------------------- W.P(C).No.806 of 2011 ----------------------------------------- Dated this the 11th day of January, 2011 JUDGMENT The petitioner is a stage carriage operator, operating a stage carriage bearing registration No.KL-10 P 3553 on the route Kakkayam – Sand Bank. The time schedule for the said service was fixed at the time when the permit was originally granted and a copy thereof is on record as Ext.P1. The petitioner has submitted Ext.P2 application before the respondent seeking revision of timings. The grievance voiced by the petitioner is that till date orders have not been passed thereon. In this writ petition, the petitioner seeks a direction to the respondent to consider Ext.P2 petition and pass orders thereon within a time limit to be fixed by this Court. 2. Sri.P.M.Manoj the learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondent, submitted that if Ext.P2 application has been received and is pending, the respondent will consider the same and take an expeditious decision thereon, in accordance with law, after notice to the other existing operators. W.P(C).No.806 of 2011 -:2:- In the light of the said submission I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the respondent to consider Ext.P2 application and take an appropriate decision thereon in accordance with law, if it has been received and is pending, after notice to the petitioner and other stage carriage operators who will be affected by the change of timings sought by the petitioner expeditiously and in any event within two months from the date on which the petitioner produces a certified copy of this judgment before the respondent. P.N.RAVINDRAN, Judge. ahg. P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. --------------------------- W.P(C).No.806 of 2011 ---------------------------- JUDGMENT 11th January, 2011