JUDGMENT :

This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking for the following reliefs :

“i. Issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, direction or order directing the 4th respondent to release the car, bearing registration No.KL-33-M/3092 to the petitioner forthwith.

ii. Issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, direction or order declaring that the petitioner is entitled to get the car bearing registration No.KL-33-M/3092 released forthwith.

iii. Grant such other and further orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case.”

2. The averments of the writ petitioner are as follows:

He is the registered owner of a Hyundai Santro Car bearing registration No.KL-33-M/3092. True copy of the certificate of registration of the vehicle is produced alongwith the petition on hand as Ext.P1. He is hailing from a traditional Ayurveda Physician’s family and the family has been engaged in providing Ayurveda treatment for the past more than 70 years. Petitioner’s wife is also an Ayurveda Doctor. Medicines like ‘Arishtas’ and ‘Asavas’ of Kottakkal Arya Vydyasala and Thykkattu Moose are being used for treatm