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High Court of KeralaWP(C)/37420/2015disposed of

Prabhakaran.M v. The Secretary, Regional Transport Authority Cum Regional Transport Officer

2015-12-105 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM

PRESENT:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.HARILAL THURSDAY, THE 10TH DAY OF DECEMBER 2015/19TH AGRAHAYANA, 1937 WP(C).No. 37420 of 2015 (B) ---------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S):

---------------------- PRABHAKARAN.M, S/O.CHATHU, PATHAN PARAMBIL HOUSE, MUZHAPPILANGAD, KANNUR.

BY ADV. SRI.G.PRABHAKARAN RESPONDENT(S):

------------------------- THE SECRETARY, REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY CUM REGIONAL TRANSPORT OFFICER, KANNUR-670002.

BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SMT.K.A.SANJEETHA THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 10-12-2015, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:

PJ

WP(C).No. 37420 of 2015 (B) ---------------------------------------- APPENDIX PETITIONER(S)' EXHIBITS ------------------------------------- P1TRUE COPY OF THE REQUEST FILED BY THE PETITIONER BEFORE THE RESPONDENT DATED 13/11/15 ON THE ROUTE THALASSERYPARASSINIKADAVU, WITH STAGE CARRIAGE KL 13/R 815. P2TRUE COPY OF THE JUDGMENT DATAED 2/11/15 IN WPC.3324/15. RESPONDENT(S)' EXHIBITS --------------------------------------- NIL.

/ TRUE COPY / P.S. TO JUDGE PJ

K. HARILAL, J.

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = W.P. (C) No.37420 of 2015 - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - Dated this the 10 th day of December, 2015

J U D G M E N T

The petitioner is the registered owner of a stage carriage bearing registration No. KL 13/R 815 and he has been granted with a regular permit on the route Thalassery - Parassinikadavu with a set of timings, which was given several years back. After the issuance of the set of timings, some of the timings of the service are in clash with other services on the route in question. In the said circumstance, the petitioner preferred Ext.P1 application before the respondent, seeking revision of his own timings. Thus, his only prayer is to consider Ext.P1 and pass orders, so as to remove the clash between the timings of the petitioner's vehicle and that

W.P.(C) No. 37420 of 2015 -: 2 :- of others. According to the petitioner, the revision of timings is beneficial to the travelling public also. To substantiate his right to get revision of the existing timings, the petitioner relied on the decision of this Court in Joji Edattel v. The Secretary, RTA, Idukki [2004

(1) KLT 493].

2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner confines his arguments to the limited prayer to issue a direction to dispose of Ext.P1 application at the earliest.

4. Having regard to the grievance highlighted in Ext.P1 application, the respondent is directed to consider and pass orders on Ext.P1 at the earliest, at any rate, within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment.

W.P.(C) No. 37420 of 2015 -: 3 :- This writ petition is disposed of accordingly. Sd/- K. HARILAL, JUDGE DST //True copy// P.A. To Judge