Girraj S/O Shri Ramkishor Vs State of Rajasthan — Rajasthan HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Girraj S/O Shri Ramkishor Vs State of Rajasthan — Rajasthan HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Petition disposed with directions: petitioners to appear with their vehicles and replies before the concerned District Transport Officer/competent authority (which suspended their Registration Certificates) within one week; the competent authority to hear and pass orders within two weeks; meanwhile the vehicles may be used only for verification/inspection and not otherwise on public roads. Cost as sought in the prayer was not indicated as awarded.

Issue for consideration

Whether the suspension of the petitioners' vehicle Registration Certificates on the basis of e-notices alleging overloading/alteration issued by the Mines and Geology Department without notice calls for interference, including revocation of the suspensions, and on what terms.

Court's answer

The writ petition is disposed of with the direction that the petitioners shall appear, along with their respective vehicles and replies, before the concerned District Transport Officer/competent authority (by whose order their vehicle Registration Certificate stood suspended) within one week from the date of the order.

Ratio / Principle

Thereafter, the competent authority shall conduct the hearing within a period of two weeks and pass orders.

Key takeaways

During the said period, apart from producing the vehicle before the concerned District Transport Officer/competent authority for verification/inspection, the petitioners are not permitted to ply their vehicles on the public road for any other purpose.ratio¶53

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur Bench (Shubha Mehta, J.), disposed of a writ petition by thirteen truck owners aggrieved by the suspension of their vehicle Registration Certificates pursuant to e-notices issued by the Mines and Geology Department on the ground of overloading/alteration, without notice. Both sides stated that the identical question stood judicially decided by a coordinate bench in Kanwar Singh & Ors. v. State of Rajasthan & Ors. (S.B.C.W.P. No. 9721) and Mustak and Ors. v. State of Rajasthan & Ors. (S.B.C.W.P. 20073/2025), and the Court, considering the facts and limited requests of counsel, disposed of the petition in like manner: petitioners to appear with their vehicles and replies before the concerned District Transport Officer/competent authority which had suspended the certificates, within one week of the order; the competent authority to conclude the hearing and pass orders within two weeks; and, in the interregnum, the vehicles may be taken only for verification/inspection and shall not be plied on the public road for any other purpose. Applications, if any, also disposed of.

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR

S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 11038/2026

URN: CW / 24546U / 2026

Girraj S/o Shri Ramkishor, Aged About 30 Years, R/o V/p Baroni, Tonk, Owner Of Truck Bearing Number Rj-05Gb5740.

Shri Gnesh Building Meterial, Through Its Proprietor Smt. Ganishi Devi W/o Shri Sant Ram Meena, Registered Office At 13, Dumera, Khasar No.160/966 Mia. Alwar, Owner Of Truck Beaing No. Rj-40Ga-4823.

Punit Kumar Agrawal S/o Shri Dish Prasad Agrawal, R/o H No. 2/168, Housing Board Colony, Dholpur, Owner Of Truck Bearing Number Rj-05Gb-5523.

Asha Ram Jat S/o Shri Prakash Chand Jat, R/o Jola, Tonk, Owner Of Truck Bearing Number Rj-40Ga-5541.

Fazal Mohmad S/o Shri Mohmad Iqbal, R/o Near Masjid Raniala, Khurd 277, Kot Palwal, (Haryana), Owner Of Truck Bearing Number Hr-73B-7503.

Aarif Khan S/o Shri Ibraheem, R/o Maliyon Ki Dhani, Jama Ramgarh, Jaipur, Owner Of Truck Beating Number Rj-14Gq-5511, Rj-14Gq-8811.

Nausad S/o Shri Farukh, R/o Dhakuali, Auli Bulandshahr, (Up), Owner Of Truck Bearing No. Up-13Bt-4231.

Om Prakash S/o Shri Arjun Ram, R/o Nayko Ka Bas, Beetan Merta, Nagaur, Owner Of Truck Bearing Number Rj-05Gb-4074.

Irfan S/o Shri Sabbir, R/o Village Ghaghot, Palwal, (Haryana), Owner Of Truck Bearing Number Hr-73B3007.

Shyam Sunder Choudhary S/o Shri Harka Ram, R/o Jalso Khurd, Jai Rs Nagar, Nagaur, Owner Of Truck Bearing Number Rj-40Ga-2156.

Asif Khan S/o Shri Israil Khan, R/o Near Badi Masjid, Tonka, Palwal, (Haryana), Owner Of Truck Bearing Number Hr-73B-8176.

Sher Mohammad Trading Company, Through Its Proprietor Shri Sher Mohammad S/o Shri Yusuf, Registered Office At 03, Near Balaji Pump, Tehsil Nuh,

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Mewat, (Haryana), Owner Of Truck Bearing Number Hr74B-8145.

Kurshid S/o Shri Aamin Khan, R/o Village Bajhot R/o Tehsil Kishan Garh Bas, Alwar, Owner Of Truck Bearing Number Hr-74B-8609.

----Petitioners

Versus

State Of Rajasthan, Through The Secretary, Transport Department, Government Of Rajasthan, Secretariat, Jaipur.

The Joint Secretary, Mines And Geology Department, Secretrait, Jaipur,rajasthan,

Regional Transport Officer, Bharatpur.

Regional Transport Officer, Alwar.

District Transport Officer, Kotputali, District Kotputali Behror.

Regional Transport Officer, Sikar.

Regional Transport Officer, Jaipur First.

Regional Transport Officer, Jaipur-Ii.

District Transport Officer, Jhunjhunu.

District Transport Officer, Bhiwadi, District Alwar.

----Respondents

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Raj Kumar Goyal For Respondent(s) : Mr. S S Naruka, AAG with Ms. Ritika Naruka

HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SHUBHA MEHTA

Order

02/07/2026

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"It is, therefore, humble prayed that your lordships may graciously be pleased to accept and allow this writ petition and may be further be pleased to call for the entire record of the case and by way of appropriate writ, order or direction in the nature thereof, theeby, issue the necessary direction(s) to the respondents :-

(i) respondents be directed to revoke the suspension of registration certificate of the vehicles of the petitioners;

(ii) cost of writ petition may also be awarded in favour of petitioner,

(iii) and may pass any other oder (s) which this Hon'ble Court deems just and proper in the facts and circumstances of the Case."

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