Jai Hanuman Stone Crusher Vs State of Rajasthan — Rajasthan HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Jai Hanuman Stone Crusher Vs State of Rajasthan — Rajasthan HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Suspension of the Registration Certificates of the petitioners' vehicles set aside, conditional on the petitioners producing the vehicles before the respective DTO on 27.01.2026 (preferably 11:00 A.M.-01:00 P.M.) for inspection of make and design, filing reply within 15 days, audience fixed for 11.02.2026 and adjudication within 15 days thereafter; the arrangement permits carriage of the vehicles only to the DTO office for verification/inspection, not plying on roads; stay and all pending applications disposed of.

Issue for consideration

Whether the impugned suspension of the Registration Certificates of the petitioners' vehicles, effected without affording them an opportunity of hearing, ought to be set aside. +1 more

Court's answer

The impugned order suspending the Registration Certificates of the petitioners' vehicles needs to be set aside, as the petitioners were not afforded the opportunity of hearing (the Court also noting the vehicles are the source of the petitioners' and their family's livelihood).

Ratio / Principle

The revocation is made effective subject to the condition that the petitioners produce their vehicles before the Transport Department for examination and inspection of make and design; if any mechanical alteration or overloading is found, a detailed inventory shall be prepared and appropriate orders passed strictly in accordance with law.

Key takeaways

The arrangement is valid only for carrying the vehicles to the respective DTO office for verification/inspection and does not authorize the vehicles to ply on the road for any other purpose.ratio¶25
The petitioners, along with their vehicles, shall report before the respective DTO who passed the order of suspension of registration, on 27.01.2026.ratio¶26
The reporting is preferably between 11:00 A.M. to 01:00 P.M.; thereafter the petitioners shall file their due reply within a period of 15 days.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Writ Petition Disposed Of (Coordinate-Bench precedents followed): By consensus between the parties that the controversy is squarely covered by Kanwar Singh & Ors. Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors. (S.B. C.W.P. No.9721/2025) and Mustak & Ors. Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors. (S.B. C.W.P. No.20073/2025), the Court set aside the order suspending the Registration Certificates of the petitioners' vehicles (HR 38 AB 2754; HR 38 AA 0454), since the petitioners were not afforded an opportunity of hearing and the vehicles are their source of bread and butter. Revocation made conditional: petitioners to produce the vehicles before the respective DTO on 27.01.2026 (11:00 A.M.-01:00 P.M.), file reply within 15 days; audience on 11.02.2026 and adjudication within 15 days thereafter. The interim arrangement is confined to carrying the vehicles to the DTO office for verification/inspection and does not authorize plying on roads; upon finding of mechanical alteration or overloading, a detailed inventory shall be prepared and appropriate orders passed strictly in accordance with law. Stay and pending applications disposed of.

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR

S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 254/2026

Jai Hanuman Stone Crusher, Plot No. 61-C, Crushing Zone, Pali Village Pali Faridabad, Haryana, Through Proprietor Vijay Kumar Singhal S/o Raghu Nandan Singhal, Aged About 59 Years, R/o House No. 204, Ward No. 19, Sector 16, Daulatabad, Sector 16, Post Sector 16, District Faridabad, Haryana, Registered Owner Of Vehicle Registration No. HR 38 AB 2754

Singhal Bio Resources Prop., Vijay, H.No. 204, Sector 16, Kheri Kalan, District Faridabad, Through Proprietor Vijay Kumar Singhal S/o Raghu Nandan Singhal, Aged About 59 Years, R/o House No. 204, Ward No. 19, Sector 16, Daulatabad, Sector 16, Post Sector 16, District Faridabad, Haryana, Registered Owner Of Vehicle Registration No. HR 38 AA 0454

----Petitioners

Versus

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

Department Of Mining And Geology, Government Of Rajasthan, Secretariat, Jaipur, Rajasthan, Through Joint Secretary.

Commissioner, Transport Department, Government Of Rajasthan, Jaipur.

District Transport Officer, DTO Office Kotputli, District Kotputli-Behror (Rajasthan).

District Transport Officer, DTO Office Jhunjhunu, District Jhunjhunu (Rajasthan).

----Respondents

For Petitioner(s)	: Mr. Hemant Singh Shekhawat
For Respondent(s)	: Mr. Sachin Singh Rathore on behalf of
	Mr. S. S. Naruka,AAG

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANEESH SHARMA

Order

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Learned counsel for both the parties are in agreement that the controversy involved in the present matter is squarely covered by the judgments passed by the Co-ordinate Benches of this Court in the matters of Kanwar Singh & Ors. Vs. State of Rajasthan

& Ors.¹ and Mustak & Ors. Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors .²

In view of the consensus arrived at between the parties, the impugned order, whereby the Registration Certificates of the vehicles owned/ possessed by the petitioners were suspended, needs to be set aside, for the reasons that the petitioners were not afforded the opportunity of hearing and that the said vehicles are the source of bread and butter of the petitioners and their family.

However, the aforementioned revocation shall only be effective subject to the condition that the petitioners will produce their vehicle before the Transport Department, who will examine and inspect the vehicles’ make and design; and in case any mechanical alteration or overloading is found, a detailed inventory shall be prepared and appropriate orders shall be passed strictly in accordance with law.

This arrangement shall be valid only for carrying the vehicles to the respective office of DTO for the aforesaid verification/inspection and shall not authorize the vehicle to ply on the road for any other purpose.

The petitioners, along with their vehicles concerned, shall report to/ before the respective DTO who passed the order of suspension of registration of the subject vehicles, on 27.01.2026,

1 S.B. C.W.P. No.9721/2025 2 S.B. C.W.P. No.20073/2025

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preferably between 11:00 A.M. to 01:00 P.M. Thereafter, due reply shall be filed within a period of 15 days by the petitioners.

Audience with respect to the same will be provided by the competent authority on 11.02.2026. Adjudication of the same shall be carried out thereafter within a period of 15 days.

With the aforesaid observations and directions, the present writ petition stands disposed of. Stay applications and all pending applications, if any, also stand disposed of.

(MANEESH SHARMA),J

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