IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE C.T.RAVIKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 19TH JANUARY 2011 / 29TH POUSHA 1932 WP(C).No. 939 of 2011(N) ------------------------------------ PETITIONER(S): ----------------------- M/S. K.K. BUILDERS, PERAVOOR, KANNUR DISTRICT, REP. BY ITS MANAGING PARTNER, K.K. MOHANDAS, AGED 54 YEARS, S/O. LATE K.K. KUNJIRAMAN. BY SRI.C.C.THOMAS, SENIOR ADVOCATE, ADV. SRI.M.G.KARTHIKEYAN, SRI.NIREESH MATHEW. RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY SECRETARY, TAXES (A) DEPARTMENT, GOVT. SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 001. 2. THE EXCISE COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONERATE OF EXCISE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 001. 3. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF EXCISE, KANNUR-670 001. 4. THE CIRCLE INSPECTOR OF EXCISE, KANNUR-670 001. 5. KANNUR MUNICIPALITY, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, KANNUR-670 001. R1 TO R4 BY GOVT. PLEADER SMT.K.R. DEEPA. R5 BY ADV. MR.SAJJU PAUL A.S., SC. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 19/01/2011,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: rs C.T. RAVIKUMAR, J. -------------------------------------------- W.P.(C). NO.939 OF 2011 -------------------------------------------- Dated this the 19th day of January, 2011 JUDGMENT The petitioner had applied for bar licence under Rule 13(3) of the Foreign Liquor Rules. Ext.P2 dated 7.12.2009 is the application submitted for that purpose. The petitioner is aggrieved by the inordinate delay in the matter of disposal of the said application. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that pursuant to the receipt of Ext.P2 application, the second respondent has already forwarded the same to the first respondent for consideration and now it is virtually pending before the first respondent. However, the learned Government Pleader, upon instructions, submitted that as evident from Ext.P10, instructions have already been issued to the second respondent to take appropriate decision on Ext.P2. In the circumstances, without making any observation to the merits of the contentions raised in this Writ Petition, it is disposed of with a direction to the second respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P2 application filed under Rule 13(3) of the Foreign Liquor Rules expeditiously, at any rate, within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment with notice to other parties. (C.T. RAVIKUMAR, JUDGE) spc W.P.(C) NO. 2 C.T. RAVIKUMAR, J. JUDGMENT September, 2010 W.P.(C) NO. 3