The victim Rajendara Kasera died 8 years ago.

Key Highlights Rajasthan transport department cancels driving licence of dead man Victim Rajendara Kasera died 8 years ago Licence cancelled over seat belt violation, but Kasera never owned a car

Jhalawar: In yet another case of extreme negligence on the part of the authorities, the transport department in Jhalawar district of Rajasthan issued a letter cancelling the driving the licence of a man, who died eight years ago.

The man, under whose name the letter has been issued, is identified as Rajendra Kasera, who died in September 2011. The charge levelled against Kasera by the transport department was of driving the vehicle at high speed without wearing the seat belt.

The family of Rajendra Kasera received the letter on September 11 in which Kasera has been called to the office of the transport department so that due process of cancellation of his license can take place.

The letter mentioned the driving license number of the deceased, but the catch here is that he never owned a four-wheeler. Rajendra Kasera was a utensil seller in Jhalawar and never owned anything except a two-wheeler.

'Revoke driving licences of illiterate persons'

In May this year, the Rajasthan High Court ordered that the state transport department should withdraw the driving licence of an illiterate man. The court said that the unlettered man at the wheels is a menace to the pedestrians. The order was passed by Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma of the Rajasthan High Court. The court had also asked the transport department to withdraw licences of all other illiterate persons.

The court had observed, “Licence cannot be issued for driving any kind of vehicle to an illiterate person as he is virtually a menace for the pedestrians. He would not be in a position to understand road signs and notices of caution written on boards for human safety on the highways as well as on the roads in the cities."

However, in July, a Division Bench of the Rajasthan High Court passed a stay order on the cancellation of driving licences of unlettered persons in a writ appeal filed by a victim - Deepak Singh. But at the same time, the court observed that an illiterate driver is virtually a menace for pedestrians.