These writ petitions are filed praying for quashing the notification dated 06.05.2008 and for directing to consider and pass orders on the application for renewal of permit submitted by the petitioners, untrammelled by the aforesaid notification. In this judgment, facts as pleaded in W.P.(C) No. 15194 & 17813 of 2008 alone are referred and the exhibits referred to are in the order in which they are marked in W.P.(C)No.15194/2008.

2. Petitioner in W.P.(C) 15194/08 is the registered owner of stage carriage KL-5Q 4050, operating on the long distance inter-district route Kottayam-Banthadukka. Ext. P1 permit was originally granted to one Shaji Kuruvilla and was valid for the period from 19.1996 to 19.2001 and was subsequently renewed for a further period of 5 years upto 19.2006. In the meanwhile, with effect from 16.4.1998 the permit was transferred to the petitioner. Petitioner sought renewal of the permit for a further period of 5 years by submitting his application as early as on 10.6.2005. Since orders renewing the permit have not been passed, petitioner was operating his service on the strength of temporary permits issued under Section 87(1)(d) of the Motor Vehicles Act,