JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issuance of a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondent herein to re-register the petitioner’s bus PY-05/B-4207 without insisting for the disposal of criminal case pending against the driver for fatal accident forthwith.)

1. This writ petition has been filed for the issue of a writ of Mandamus directing the respondent to act upon the application submitted by the petitioner and to register the vehicle belonging to the petitioner without insisting for the disposal of the criminal case pending against the driver.

2. The case of the petitioner is that, he is a fleet omni bus operator in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. The petitioner is the owner of the subject vehicle which is registered in Puducherry. The petitioner decided to re-register the vehicle in Tamil Nadu in order to use the vehicle in Tamil Nadu. Accordingly, the petitioner also got the No Objection Certificate from the Registering Authority at Puducherry for re-registering the vehicle.

3. The petitioner made an application for re-registration of the vehicle to the respondent along with all the relevant documents. The respondent refused t