Case No. FT/D/2025/0353/FPP | |
Neutral Citation Number: [2025] UKFTT 01003 (GRC) | |
 | In the First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber) Transport |
Before: Judge Mornington
Appellant: Ramesh Das
Respondent(s): The Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors
Determined on the papers
Decision:
1. The Appeal is struck out.
REASONS
On 19 March 2025, the Appellant filed a Form GRC1 with the Tribunal to appeal against the decision of the Respondent to remove the Appellant’s name from the Register pursuant to section 128(2)(e) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 on the basis that the Appellant was not considered to be a fit and proper person to have their name entered in the Register.
On 30 July 2025, the Respondent filed a Form GRC5 inviting the Tribunal to strike out the appeal under Rule 8(3)(c) on the basis that the appeal has no reasonable prospect of success.
The Respondent stated that it no longer intended to remove the Appellant’s name from the Registrar following the decision of the Magistrates Court to remove incurred penalty points from the Appellant’s licence.
Under Rule 8(3), the Tribunal may strike out a case where:
the Tribunal considers there is no reasonable prospect of the Appellant's case, or part of it, succeeding.
The test under Rule 8(3)(c) is met in that the Appellant’s appeal was against the Respondent’s original decision which has now been revoked. The appeal is therefore struck out.
Signed: Judge Mornington
Date: 15 August 2025