IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.SURENDRA MOHAN WEDNESDAY, THE 1ST APRIL 2009 / 11TH CHAITHRA 1931 WP(C).No. 25453 of 2003(E) ---------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ------------------------ VAZHAKKAD GRAMA PANCHAYATH, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, ALI KO VAZHAKKAD PO, MALAPPURAM DIST. PIN - 673 640. BY ADVS. MR.M.A.MANHU MR.JOHN NUMPELI (JUNIOR) MR.M.A.SHIHABUDEEN RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. DISTRICT COLLECTOR, COLLECTORATE, MALAPPURAM. 3. DISTRICT EXPERT COMMITTEE FOR THE DISTRICT OF MALAPPURAM, REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN, DISTRICT COLLECTOR, COLLECTORATE, MALAPPURAM. GOVT. PLEADER MR.T.K.VIPINDAS THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 01/04/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: K. SURENDRA MOHAN, J ------------------------------------------------------------ W.P(C) NO: 25453 OF 2003 ----------------------------------------------------------- Dated this the 1st April,2009. JUDGMENT This writ petition is filed by the Vazhakkad Grama Panchayat represented by its President challenging the order passed by the District Collector, Malappuram under the Kerala (River Bank Protection and Sand Mining Regulation) Act, 2001, banning mining of sand from the Chaliyar river for a period of one month from 1.7.2003 and thereafter extending the ban for a further period of one month from 1.8.2003. According to the petitioner, the order is illegal and ultravires the provisions of the Act. The writ petition was admitted on 12.8.2003 and the impugned order was stayed. The order passed by the District Collector was thus not implemented. The present situation is that the order has worked itself out and the writ petition has become infructuous. In view of the above, the writ petition is dismissed without prejudice to the contentions of the petitioner. K. SURENDRA MOHAN Judge jj 2 3 K.K.DENESAN & V. RAMKUMAR, JJ. ---------------------------------------------------- M.F.A.NO: ----------------------------------------------------- JUDGMENT Dated: