JUDGMENT :

Gopinath P., J.

The petitioner purchased a vehicle bearing registration No.KL-08-Z-9855, and petitioner, along with the previous owner of the vehicle, filed a joint application for transfer of the permit, which has been issued in respect of the said vehicle, before the 1st respondent. The 1st respondent, in its meeting held on 12-07-2023, allowed the transfer of permit as is evident from Ext.P2. There were certain civil proceedings numbered as O.S.No.790/2023 on the file of the Munsiff Court, Kodungallur, and the vehicle bearing registration No.KL-08-Z-9855 was also subject matter of the proceedings before the said Court. According to the petitioner, owing to the civil proceedings, the petitioner was unable to produce the original documents in relation to the vehicle, and consequently, the petitioner could not surrender the records of the vehicle within the time contemplated by Rule 178 of the Kerala Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 (hereinafter referred to as the 1989 Rules'). The suit has now been compromised. The compromise decree dated 08-11-2024 is on record as Ext.P3. The petitioner is before this Court being aggrieved by the fact that when the petitioner produced the reco