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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR

S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 4374/2026

Rajasthan Education Trust, Having Its Office At Magra Punjla, Char Thamba, Jodhpur - 342304 (Raj.) Through Its Trustee Atul Sankhla S/o Shri Sanwal Singh Sankhla, Aged About 45 Years,

R/o Mangra Punja, District Jodhpur (Raj.), 342304.

----Petitioner Versus

1. State Of Rajasthan, Through Secretary, Transport Department, Government Of Rajasthan, Jaipur.

2. Transport Commissioner, Rajasthan, Jaipur.

3. District Transport Officer, Jaipur (First), Jaipur, Rajasthan.

4. District Transport Officer, Jodhpur.

----Respondents

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Harshit Bhurani For Respondent(s) : Mr. Sandeep Soni for

Mr. B.L. Bhati, AAG

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP MATHUR

Order

02/04/2026

1. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the controversy involved in the petition is squarely covered by the order dated 08.12.2025 passed by the Coordinate Bench of this Court in the case of Rahul Gehlot Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors.: SBCWP No.13577/2025 along with bunch of writ petitions in which the Court has disposed of the writ petitions with certain directions while also granting limited protection to the petitioners.

The relevant part of the order is reproduced hereunder:-

“i. The petitioner shall submit their representation within a period of four weeks from today to the respective registration authority giving out the complete details as regards their purchase and registration of their vehicle. If no such representation is filed within given time, this order will render ineffective qua such

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petitioner and the impugned notice will got revived automatically.

ii. On receiving the representation from the petitioner, the respondent authorities shall after taking into consideration the averments made in the representation, the record available with them in respect of the vehicles in question and after due verification from the earlier registering authorities of the vehicle, shall make an inquiry as regards the allegations against the

petitioners.

iii. On making an inquiry, if the respondent authorities found some substance in the allegations against the petitioners, they shall issue a show cause notice to the petitioner giving out the

details and the basis of allegations.

iv. After issuing the notices, the respondents shall proceed in the matter strictly in accordance with the law and pass appropriate

orders.

v. Till issuance of the final orders by the respondent authorities after completion of the process as observed above, no coercive shall be taken against the petitioner and all notices/orders as regards the cancellation or suspension of the registration certificates issued by now, shall stand quashed qua the

petitioner.

vi.It is also made clear that the petitioner shall not transfer/sell the vehicles in question to any other third party till final orders are passed by the respondent authority and in the meantime, all regular fitness, renewal, insurance, permit, etc., shall continue

as like a normal case.

vii. It is also made clear that this order will not come in any way in investigation of any criminal case registered in this regard.”

2. Learned counsel for the respondent is not in a position to refute that the issue involved is squarely covered by the order

dated 08.12.2025 passed in the case of Rahul Gehlot (supra).

3. In view of the above submissions made, the instant writ

petition is disposed of with certain directions:-

i. The petitioner shall submit his representation within a period of four weeks from today to the respective registration authority giving out the complete details as regards his purchase and registration of his vehicle. If no such representation is filed within given time, this order will render ineffective qua such petitioner

and the impugned notice will got revived automatically.

ii. On receiving the representati