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High Court of KeralaWP(C)/14940/2015disposed of

Sreejith v. The Secretary

2015-06-05Honourable Mr. Justice A.V.Ramakrishna Pillai4 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM

PRESENT:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE A.V.RAMAKRISHNA PILLAI FRIDAY, THE 5TH DAY OF JUNE 2015/15TH JYAISHTA, 1937 WP(C).No.14940 of 2015 (N) --------------------------------------- PETITIONER:

------------------- SREEJITH,SREEJITH BHAVAN,NEDUMON P.O, EZHAMKULAM,ADOOR,PATHANAMTHITTA.

BY ADV.SRI.O.D.SIVADAS RESPONDENT:

---------------------- THE SECRETARY, REGIONAL TRANPSORT AUTHORITY, PATHANAMTHITTA-689645.

BY GOVT. PLEADER SRI.SHYSON P.MANGUZHA.

THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 05-06-2015, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:

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WP(C).No.14940 of 2015 (N) --------------------------------------- APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS:

------------------------------------ P1:

TRUE COPY OF THE REQUEST DTD 13/5/2015 SUBMITTED BY THE PETITIONER.

RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS:

NIL --------------------------------------- //TRUE COPY// P.S. TO JUDGE pk

A.V. RAMAKRISHNA PILLAI, J.

----------------------------------- W.P.(C) No. 14940 of 2015 -------------------------------------- Dated this the 5th day of June, 2015.

JUDGMENT

The petitioner is seeking a direction to the respondent to consider and pass appropriate orders on Ext.P1. 2.

The petitioner is operating a stage carriage between Adoor and Pattazhy Temple and the permit belongs to the petitioner is endorsed to the stage carriage No.KL-26/2314. The present permit of the petitioner is valid till 14.10.2017. The petitioner alleges that his vehicle is not fit to operate due its bad condition and hence he intends to replace it by another vehicle. Accordingly the petitioner submitted Ext.P1 request to issue clearance certificate to sell the vehicle without insisting the surrendering the existing permit, by retaining the permit under suspended animation. But the respondent has not granted clearance certificate as sought by the petitioner. It is with this background, the petitioner has come up before this Court.

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I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader in the matter.

W.P.(C) No. 14940 of 2015 -2Considering the nature of the prayer and the nature of the submissions, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondent to consider and pass appropriate orders on Ext.P1 request, after affording the petitioner an opportunity of being heard, within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. To facilitate an early action, it shall be open to the petitioner to produce a copy of the writ petition as well as the copy of this judgment before the respondent at the earliest.

Sd/- A.V. RAMAKRISHNA PILLAI JUDGE Scl.