1998 (10) TMI 129

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....t Pleader, for the Respondents. [Judgment]. -  I heard counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Government Pleader. Judgments of the State Transport Appellate Tribunal, Ernakulam, vide Exts. P5 and P6, directing the Regional Transport Authority, Ernakulam to grant temporary permits as such may not be strictly legal. This Court in O.P. Nos. 12492 and 12940 of 1998 has declared that ....

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....he same day. I have gone through Exts. P5 and P6 judgments. Exts. P5 and P6 deals with operation of services through certain routes within the Kochi City limits. Both the applicants applied for temporary permits for four months in surrendered vacancies. Both of them had already operated their vehicles for four months and sought for further issue of temporary permit for another four months. Applica....

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.... he is duty bound to keep track of consistency. Inconsistent orders passed by a judicial officer almost in the same fact situation, and that too on the same day, would give rise to complaint of discriminatory treatment, which will undermine the people's faith in judicial system and the rule of law. It will cause resentment and anguish and make an imprint in the mind of the litigant that he has bee....