IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN FRIDAY, THE 13TH NOVEMBER 2009 / 22ND KARTHIKA 1931 WP(C).No. 32140 of 2009(J) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- FAHADH, S/O.NAJEEB, AGED 22 YEARS, KADAPPURATHAKATH HOUSE, PONNANI, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.V.M.KRISHNAKUMAR SMT.P.A.ANITHA RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, MALAPPURAM. 2. THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, CHAVAKKAD. BY GP SRI.P.NARAYANAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 13/11/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: P.N.RAVINDRAN, J ------------------- W.P.(C).32140/2009 -------------------- Dated this the 13th day of November, 2009 JUDGMENT The petitioner is the owner of a goods vehicle that was seized on 12.8.2009 under the provisions of the Kerala Protection of River Banks and Regulation of Removal of Sand Act, 2001. This writ petition is filed seeking a direction to the District Collector, Thrissur to pass final orders in the proceedings initiated by him within a time limit to be fixed by this Court. He also seeks a direction to release the vehicle on terms and conditions to be fixed by this Court . Sri.P.Narayanan, the learned Government Pleader submits on instructions that the District Collector, Thrissur has passed orders on 3.11.2009 ordering confiscation of the petitioner's vehicle and has also forwarded a copy of the order to the petitioner. In the light of the said development, no orders can be passed in this writ petition. It is accordingly closed as infructuous. If the petitioner is aggrieved by the order passed by the District Collector on 3.11.2009, it will be open to him to challenge the same in other appropriate proceedings. The contentions of the petitioner on the merits are kept open. P.N.RAVINDRAN, Judge mrcs