IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 15547 of 2009 Between: KSRTC, represented by its Managing Director, KH Double Road, Shantinagar, Bangalore - 027. ..... PETITIONER AND The State Transport Authority, AP, Hyderabad, at Khairatabad, represented by its Secretary. .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction especially in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the inaction of the 1st respondent in considering the petitioner's applications filed on 11.07.2007 for the grant of Pucca Counter-Signatures, as illegal, improper, unjust and to issue a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and grant counter-signatures to the petitioners forthwith. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.KALLAKURI SRINIVASARAO Counsel for the Respondent: GP FOR TRANSPORT The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU W.P. No. 15547 of 2009 O R D E R: This writ petition is filed seeking a Mandamus declaring the inaction of 1st respondent in considering the petitioner’s application dated 11.7.2007 for grant of Pucca Counter-Signatures as arbitrary and illegal and to direct 1st respondent to consider and grant counter-signatures to the petitioner forthwith. Petitioner is Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation, Shantinagar, Bangalore, represented by its Managing Director. It appears, the petitioner had applied for pucca stage carriage permits on the routes – Bangalore to Madanapalli & back via Yalahanka, Vijayapura, Chintamani, Rayalapad and also Bangalore to Madanapalli & back via Hoskote, Chintamani, Rayalpad and the same were already granted by the State Transport Authority, Karnataka on 22.2.2007 subject to counter-signatures by the A.P. State Transport Authority, as required under Section 88 of the Motor Vehicles Act. In this regard, the petitioner has made an application on 11.7.2007. According to the petitioner, till date the said application is pending and not disposed of. Under those circumstances, without expressing any opinion on merits, the respondent is directed to consider the application purported to have been made by the petitioner on 11.7.2007 for the purpose of according counter-signatures as required under Section 88 of the Motor Vehicles Act and pass appropriate orders within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order or in the next S.T.A. meeting, whichever is earlier. The writ petition is disposed of accordingly. No order as to costs. JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU. Date: 21-8-2009. MVB.