registration number of vehicles, in advance, although the other entries in the pass (date, time etc.) needed to be filled up only at the time of removal of the earth. Through a separate clause (clause 9) in Annexure A2 , it was also made clear that the earth would be removed only by engaging those vehicles, the registration numbers of which were specified in Annexure A2, based on the information provided by the petitioner. Thereafter, when the petitioner sought for the transit passes, under cover of which the actual transportation of earth could be done, the Geologist insisted that the vehicle number be entered against Sl.No.12 in the form for vehicle transit pass, in compliance with the directions in the judgment referred above. The grievance of the petitioner (appellant in the writ appeal) is with regard to this insistence by the Geologist that there must be a mention of the vehicle number in the transit passes, in advance, and at the time of authentication of the same by the Geologist, for the purposes of removing the excavated earth from his premises. It is contended, based on rules 25 and 26 of the Kerala Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2015, that the statutory Rules do not mandate that the details of the vehicles should be entered at the time of obtaining the transit passes from the Geologist, so long as the vehicle registration number is mentioned in the order of the Geologist granting permission for transportation of the excavated earth.
