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2026 Supreme(Online)(Raj) 18929
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR
Maneesh Sharma, J
M/S ARYAN CHEMICALS – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF RAJASTHAN – Respondent
S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 9230/2026
For the Petitioners: Raj Kumar Saini
For the Respondents: S.S. Naruka, Tanishq Aditya Panwar, Sachin Singh Rathore
Suspension of vehicle registration certificates without providing an opportunity of hearing is set aside, subject to physical inspection of the vehicles for mechanical alterations or overloading.
Headnote:The petitioners challenged the suspension of Registration Certificates (RCs) of their vehicles. The court observed that the impugned suspension orders were passed without affording the petitioners an opportunity of hearing, and noted that the vehicles are the primary source of livelihood for the petitioners and their families. The court framed the issue around the lack of natural justice in the suspension process. Relying on the consensus between parties and precedents set in Kanwar Singh & Ors. Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors. and Mustak & Ors. Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors., the court reasoned that the suspension orders need to be set aside. With the aforesaid observations and directions, the present writ petition stands disposed of.
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| 1. suspension of registration certificates without a hearing violates natural justice and affects livelihood. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. conditional revocation of suspension subject to physical verification of vehicle specifications. (Para 3 , 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 3. formal disposal of the writ petition and pending applications. (Para 7 , 8) |
Order
1. Learned counsel for both the parties are in agreement that the controversy involved in the present matter is squarely covered by the judgments passed by the Co-ordinate Benches of this Court in the matters of Kanwar Singh & Ors. Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors.1S.B. C.W.P. No.9721/2025 and Mustak & Ors. Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors2S.B. C.W.P. No.20073/2025.
2. In view of the consensus arrived at between the parties, the impugned order, whereby the Registration Certificates of the vehicles owned / possessed by the petitioners were suspended, needs to be set aside, for the reasons that the petitioners were not afforded the opportunity of hearing and that the said vehicles are the source of bread and butter of the petitioners and their families.
3. However, the aforementioned revocation shall only be effective subject to the condition that the petitioners will produce their vehicles before the Transport Department, who will examine and inspect the vehicles’ make and design; and in case any mechanical alteration or overloading is found, a detailed inventory shall be prepared and appropriate orders shall be passed strictly in accordance with law.
4. This arrangement shall be valid only for carrying the vehicles to the respective office of DTO for the aforesaid verification/inspection and shall not authorize the vehicles to ply on the road for any other purpose.
5. The petitioners, along with their vehicle concerned, shall report to / before the respective DTOs who passed the order of suspension of registration of the subject vehicles, on 08.06.2026, preferably between 11:00 A.M. to 01:00 P.M. Thereafter, due reply shall be filed within a period of 15 days by the petitioners.
6. Audience with respect to the same will be provided by the competent authority on 23.06.2026. Adjudication of the same shall be carried out thereafter within a period of 15 days.
7. With the aforesaid observations and directions, the present writ petition stands disposed of.
8. All other pending application(s), if any, also stand disposed of.
