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2026 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 12502

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
MOHAMMED NIAS C.P., J
NOUSHAD A.M. – Appellant
Versus
THE REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, THRISSUR – Respondent
WP(C) NO. 43055 OF 2024



Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: SHRI.K.V.GOPINATHAN NAIR
For the Respondents: SRI. P.S. APPU

Judgment quashed a notification affecting permit renewals for stage carriages and reaffirmed previous court findings.

Headnote:This writ petition concerns the refusal of the respondents to renew a stage carriage operator's permit based on a notification dated 3-5-2023. Both parties acknowledge the case is governed by previous judgments, specifically W.P.

(C) No.18290/2023. The court allowed the petition, reaffirming the interim order, conditional upon any appeal decision relating to the cited judgment.

Table of Content
1. refusal of permit renewal for stage carriage. (Para 1)
2. reliance on previous judgments for decision. (Para 2)
3. final order on the writ petition. (Para 3)

J U D G M E N T

The issue in this writ petition pertains to the refusal of the respondents to renew the permit of the stage carriage operator as LSOS and granting permit only as ordinary service, in view of a notification dated 3-5-2023.

2. Both sides submit that this case is covered by the judgment of this Court in W.P.(C) No.18290/2023 and connected cases and which is confirmed in W. A No. 1821/2024 and connected cases, wherein the notification relied on was quashed, and the same applies to the stage carriages plying in routes less than 140 Kilometres.

3. Given the above, the writ petition is hereby allowed. The interim order granted in this case is made absolute. However, it is made clear that this judgment will be subject to any decision to be passed in the appeal against the judgment of the Division Bench referred to above.

SD/-

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