Court directed expeditious consideration of temporary permit application under Section 87(1)(d) of Motor Vehicles Act pending regular permit renewal.

W.P(C)No.15027 of 2026 ------------------------------------------ Dated this the 10th day of April, 2026 JUDGMENT The petitioner has filed this writ petition for the following reliefs :

“i) To issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, direction or order directing the 1^st respondent to issue Temporary Permit in respect of stage carriage KL-58/171 on the route Mundoor-Medical College- Thrissur by considering Ext.P3 application and direct to maintain the statusquo regarding the operation of the service till orders are passed on Ext.P3 application, in the interest of justice;

ii) To issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, direction or order directing the 1^st respondent to consider Ext.P2 application submitted for the renewal of the Regular Permit expeditiously, at any rate, within a time to be fixed by this Hon’ble Court, in the interest of justice;”

2. Ext.P2 application for renewal of Ext.P1 regular permit is pending before the Regional Transport Authority. In the meantime, the petitioner has filed Ext.P3 application for temporary permit for a period of four months under Section 87(1)(d) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. The limited prayer of the petitioner is for a direction to the 1^st respondent to consider Ext.P3.

3. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader.

4. In the facts and circumstances of the case, there will be a direction to the 1^st respondent to consider Ext.P3, in accordance with law, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this judgment.

This writ petition is accordingly disposed of.