IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPINATH P.
FRIDAY, THE 1ST DAY OF JULY 2022 / 10TH ASHADHA, 1944
WP(C) NO. 21523 OF 2022
PETITIONER:
SUBRAMANIAN M.K
AGED 63 YEARS
S/O M V KRISHNAN, XXXV/983,
SHRI DURGA, PLAKAT LANE, THRISSUR -680001.
BY ADV PREMCHAND M.
RESPONDENTS:
1 STATE OF KERALA
REP. BY SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT, MOTOR VEHICLE
DEPARTMENT, THRIUVANTHAPURAM-695001.
2 REGIONAL TRANSPORT OFFICER,
CIVIL STATION, AYYANTHOLE PO, THRISSUR, KERALA -680003.
OTHER PRESENT:
ADV. DR. THUSHARA JAMES (SR GP)
THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON
01.07.2022, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
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JUDGMENT
Petitioner confines his relief in the writ petition to a direction to the 2nd respondent to accept repayment of motor vehicle tax arrears demanded for the vehicle bearing registration No.KL 08 BU 6809 in instalments.
2. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Senior Government Pleader for the respondents.
3. Having regard to the circumstances now prevailing, as well as the contentions raised by the learned counsel for the petitioner, I am of the view that, since this Court had, in other writ petitions, granted the relief of equated monthly instalments for clearing the arrears of motor vehicles tax, petitioner be also granted similar reliefs as in other writ petitions.
4. Accordingly, there will be a direction to the 2 nd respondent to accept the motor vehicles tax arrears relating to vehicle bearing registration No. KL 08 BU 6809 in six equated monthly instalments, the first of which shall commence from 15.07.2022. Needless to say, in the event of default of any of the instalments, the benefit granted under this judgment shall not be available to the petitioner.
The writ petition is disposed of as above. Sd/-
GOPINATH P.
JUDGE acd W.P.(C)No.21523/2022 3 APPENDIX OF WP(C) 21523/2022 PETITIONER EXHIBITS Exhibit P1 TRUE COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION DATED 16.10.2020.
Exhibit P2 TRUE COPY OF THE DEMAND NOTICE DATED 14.6.2022 ISSUED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT TO THE PETITIONER.