High Court of KeralaWP(C)/23922/2015disposed of

Manjunatha Shetty v. The Secretary, Regional Transport Authoirity

2015-08-13Honourable Mr. Justice A.V.Ramakrishna Pillai4 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM

PRESENT:

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A.V.RAMAKRISHNA PILLAI THURSDAY, THE 13TH DAY OF AUGUST 2015/22ND SRAVANA, 1937 WP(C).No. 23922 of 2015 (M) ---------------------------- PETITIONER:

----------- MANJUNATHA SHETTY, AGED 35 YEARS MOODAMBAIL HOUSE, MOODAMBAIL, KASARAGOD.

BY ADV. SRI.SAJEEV KUMAR K.GOPAL RESPONDENT(S):

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1. THE SECRETARY, REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHOIRITY KASARAGOD-671 121.

2. KERALA STATE PRIVATE BUS OPERATORS FEDERATION MANJESHWAR TALUK COMMITTEE, HOSANGADI, MANJESHWAR HOSABETTU PO, REPRESENTED BY ITS GENERAL SECRETARY SRI.THIMMAPPA BHAT, S/O.THIMMAYYA BHAT ARANTHADY HOUSE, PO VARKADY, KASARAGOD-671 323. R BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SMT. K.A.SANJEETHA THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 13-08-2015, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:

WP(C).No. 23922 of 2015 (M) ---------------------------- APPENDIX PETITIONER(S)' EXHIBITS ------------------------ P1 : TRUE COPY OF THE DECISION OF THE RTA, KASARAGOD AT ITS MEETING HELD ON 31-3-2015 IN ITEM NO.2.

RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS: NIL ---------------------- TRUE COPY PA TO JUDGE Scl.

A.V. RAMAKRISHNA PILLAI, J.

------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No. 23922 of 2015 -------------------------------------- Dated this the 13 th day of August, 2015.

JUDGMENT

The petitioner is seeking a direction to the respondent to settle the timings of the petitioner's vehicle, which has been granted with regular permit.

The petitioner alleges that though the petitioner was granted with a regular permit by the RTA, Kasaragod at its meeting held on 31.3.2015 as per agenda, Item No.2 as evidenced from Ext.P1, the permit was not yet issued due to the delay in settlement of timing. Hence the petitioner seeks direction to the first respondent to issue the regular permit granted by the RTA, Kasargod by Ext.P1 with the proposed set of timings forthwith with liberty to the respondent to settle the timings subsequently by convening timing conference enabling the petitioner to operate on the route Hosangadi - Bakrabil (via) Daigoli - Nandarpadavu, Mudippu and H.Kallu in respect of the stage carriage KL-14/F 6400. It is with this background,

W.P.(C) No. 23922 of 2015 -2the petitioner has come up before this court. 3.

I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader in the matter. Considering the nature of the submissions and the nature of the reliefs as sought for, the writ petition is disposed of directing the first respondent to settle the timings of the petitioner's stage carriage which was granted with a regular permit, after affording the petitioner and the affected parties an opportunity of being heard, within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. Sd/- A.V. RAMAKRISHNA PILLAI JUDGE Scl.