IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN TUESDAY, THE 27TH SEPTEMBER 2011 / 5TH ASWINA 1933 WP(C).No. 25643 of 2011(E) --------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ------------------------ AJITH LUKOSE, S/O.LATE P.A.LUKOSE, PUTHENKALAYIL HOUSE, KANAKKARY P.O., ETTUMANNOOR. BY ADV. SRI.P.DEEPAK RESPONDENT(S): --------------------------- THE SECRETARY, REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, KOTTAYAM-PIN- 686 001. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.G.GOPAKUMAR THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27/09/2011,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: sts WP(C)NO.25643/2011 APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: P1 COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION DATED 22/07/2011. RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS: NIL /TRUE COPY/ P.S.TO.JUDGE sts P.N. RAVINDRAN, J. ------------------------------- W.P (C) No.25643 of 2011 ------------------------------- Dated this the 27th day of September, 2011 J U D G M E N T The petitioner is a stage carriage operator operating a stage carriage on the route Kottayam – Ernakulam. He had earlier filed an application dated 29.6.2010 for revision of the time schedule. He thereafter filed W.P.(C) No.29990 of 2010 in this Court. Pursuant to the directions issued by this Court in the said writ petition, a timing conference was held on 15.6.2011. However, no relief was granted to the petitioner. Shortly thereafter, the petitioner filed Ext.P1 representation before the respondent pointing out that a vacant time slot has arisen consequent on the surrender of the permit by the operator of stage carriage bearing registration No.KL-34/A 3175 which was operating on the route Pravattom-Kottayam-Ernakulam and that the vacant time slot of the said stage carriage may therefore be allotted to the petitioner's stage carriage. This writ petition is filed contending that though more than two months have passed after the said representation was filed, till date, orders have not been passed thereon. In this writ petition, the petitioner seeks a direction to the respondent to consider Ext.P1 application and take an appropriate decision thereon within a time limit to be fixed by this Court. W.P.(C) No.25643 of 2011 2 2. Sri.B.Gopakumar, the learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondent submitted 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 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. nj. P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. -------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No.25643 of 2011 JUDGMENT Dated:- 27th September, 2011 --------------------------------------