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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR

S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 527/2026

Rajdhani Express ----Petitioner

Versus The State Of Rajasthan and Ors.

----Respondents Connected With

S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 95/2026 Rajeev Khurana S/o Shri Deshraj Khurana

----Petitioner Versus

The State Of Rajasthan ----Respondent

S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 204/2026 Vikas Travels Llp

----Petitioner Versus

The State Of Rajasthan ----Respondent

S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 349/2026 Rajdhani Express

----Petitioner Versus

The State Of Rajasthan ----Respondent

S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 509/2026 Jagdish Chandra Charan S/o Shri Devraj Charan

----Petitioner Versus

The State Of Rajasthan ----Respondent

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Brijesh Kumar Dubey and Ms. Noopur Sharma

For Respondent(s) :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GANESH RAM MEENA

Order

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24/03/2026 The learned counsels for the petitioners submit that the

vehicles of the petitioners were registered by the Original Registering Authority of Arunachal Pradesh, and Dimapur (Nagaland) after due inspection and finding that the vehicles in questions are as per the specifications provided under the law. They further submit that respondent No.2- The District Transport and Road Safety Officer, Shahpura, Jaipur, District Jaipur, has suspended the registration of the petitioners’ vehicles and seized the vehicles without there being any inspection and giving out the reasons that what kind of modification alleged to have been made, which led suspension of the registration of the vehicles. They also submit that the registration of a vehicle can be suspended only by the registering authority, who has originally registered the vehicle.

The learned counsels further submit that in the present

matters, the vehicles have been registered by the Registering Authority of Arunachal Pradesh and Dimapur (Nagaland) and, therefore, the Authority of the State of Rajasthan has no authority to suspend the registration of the petitioners’ vehicles, however, at the most, they can recommend to the Original Registering

Authority for suspension of the vehicles.

The learned counsels for the petitioners have placed

reliance upon the order passed by the Hon’ble Apex Court in SLP Appeal (C) No(s).3413/2025 Mahendra Gupta vs. The State

of Madhya Pradesh and Ors., decided on 29.05.2025

Having regard to the submissions made by the learned

counsels for the petitioners and the case law referred, the Court

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deems just and proper to stay the effect and operation of impugned orders dated 02.12.2025, 07.01.2025, 21.08.2024, 02.12.2025 and 27.11.2025 till further orders and the respondents are directed to release the vehicles to the petitioners on submitting a surety of like amount Rs.5,00,000/- and under an undertaking that the petitioners will produce the vehicles as and

when ordered to do so.

A copy of this order be placed in connected matters.

(GANESH RAM MEENA),J

ARTI SHARMA /95-99

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