APHC010658802025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY,THE EIGHTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO: 34100 OF 2025 Between: 1. Mozo Tours and Travels,, Rep by its Partner, Suresh Udayagiri S/o. Padmanabham U Aged about 37 Years, Occ- Business, R/o. A - Sector, PO / PS - Papum Pare, Arunuchal Pradesh State. ...Petitioner AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep by its principal secretary. Transport Roads and Buildings Department, A.P. Secretariat Buildings, Thullur Mandal, Amaravathi, Guntur District 2. The Deputy Transport Commissioner and Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, Eluru, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh State. 3. The Motor Vehicles Inspector, Eluru, West Godavari District Andhra Pradesh State ...Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: B SIVARAMAKRISHNAIAH Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR TRANSPORT The Court made the following ORAL ORDER: Heard Sri B. Siva Rama Krishnaiah, learned Counsel for the Writ Petitioner and Sri Sk. Abdul Rasheed, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Transport. 2 2. Sri Sk. Abdul Rasheed, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Transport, has submitted the Written Instructions furnished by the Deputy Transport Commissioner, Eluru. Copy of it is supplied to the Counsel for the Petitioner and the same is taken on record. 3. Sri B. Siva Rama Krishnaiah, learned Counsel for the Writ Petitioner, has drawn the attention of this Court to G.O.Ms.No.285, T, R & B (Tr-II), dated 15.09.1984 (Ex.P.5). 4. On facts, learned Counsel for the Writ Petitioner would submit that the Vehicle bearing No.AR 01 G 5445 was seized by the Official Respondents on 02.12.2025, while it was going from Rajahmundry to Hyderabad. 5. Learned Counsel for the Writ Petitioner further submits that the Vehicle was in transit through the State of Andhra Pradesh with its destination at Hyderabad. He would submit that the above Vehicle held an All India Tourist Permit, which was valid from 29.11.2024 up to 28.11.2025 (Ex.P.2). He would further submit that, out of sheer inadvertence, the Petitioner did not notice that the permit had expired. As on the date of seizure at 23:04 hours, on 02.12.2025, the above-mentioned Vehicle did not technically have a valid All India Tourist Permit, as it had expired approximately seventy two (72) hours prior to the time of seizure. 6. On the face of it, it appears to the Court that the alleged violation was not deliberate but occurred due to inadvertence. It is also the opinion of this Court that the present case is covered by G.O.Ms.No.285, T, R & B (Tr-II), dated 15.09.1984 (Ex.P.5). 7. Having regard to the same, this Court is of the opinion that it would be appropriate to dispose of this Writ Petition with a direction to the Writ Petitioner to comply with G.O.Ms.No.285, T, R & B (Tr-II), dated 15.09.1984 (Ex.P.5), and also to pay the compounding fee as stated in the Challan dated 02.12.2025, issued at 23:04 hours (Ex.P.1). There shall be a further direction that the Deputy Transport Commissioner, Eluru (Respondent No.2) shall be 3 obligated to release the Vehicle bearing No.AR 01 G 5445 forthwith upon compliance with the directions of this Court. 8. Accordingly, the present Writ Petition is allowed in terms of the above directions. No order as to costs. 9. Interlocutory Applications, if any, stand closed in terms of this order. _______________________________________ GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD, J Dt: 08.12.2025 JKS 4 54 HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD WRIT PETITION No. 34100 of 2025 08.12.2025 JKS