ASHOK BHUSHAN, V.CHITAMBARESH
V. Bava – Appellant
Versus
State of Kerala represented by Secretary to the Government – Respondent
Chitambaresh, J.
1. The issue in this Writ Appeal pertains to the entry of alteration in the Certificate of Registration of a vehicle or in other words the registration of an altered vehicle. The Additional Registering Authority and the Assistant Motor Vehicles Inspector are termed as 'the registering authority' and 'the vehicle inspector' hereafter for brevity.
2. The appellant is the registered owner of a goods carriage vehicle (Mahindra Load King Super) bearing registration number KL-10T 807 covered by Ext.P1 certificate of registration. The appellant applied for sanction to alter the vehicle by retro fitment of tipper mechanism in order to use the goods vehicle as a tipper lorry. The registering authority rejected the application by Ext.P2 order stating that the alteration would be at variance with the particulars specified by the manufacturer. The said order was set aside in W.P.(C) No.13671/2002 filed by the appellant by Ext.P3 judgment directing reconsideration of the issue. The registering authority thereafter accorded sanction by Ext.P4 order further directing the vehicle to be produced after alteration before the Vehicle Inspector. The appellant contends that he had
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