IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR WEDNESDAY, THE 31ST MARCH 2010 / 10TH CHAITHRA 1932 WP(C).No. 10198 of 2010(Y) ---------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ------------------------ THE BEST ONE PROPERTIES AND DEVELOPERS PVT. LTD., KOTHAMANGALAM, REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN, SRI. P.G.BOSE, S/O. GOVINDAN, AGED 50 YEARS, PUTHENKUDI HOUSE, EDANADU KARA, ERAMALLOOR VILLAGE, NELLIKUZHI, KOTHAMANGALAM. BY ADV. MR.ALEXANDER JOSEPH RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, IDUKKI DISTRICT PAINAVU.P.O., IDUKKI. 3. THE REVENUE DIVISIONAL OFFICER, DEVIKULAM, IDUKKI DISTRICT. 4. THE TAHSILDAR, UDUMBANCHOLA TALUK, NEDUMKANDAM, IDUKKI DISTRICT. 5. THE VILLAGE OFFICER, CHINNAKANAL VILLAGE, CHINNAKANAL.P.O., MUNNAR. 6. THE SUB REGISTRAR, OFFICE OF THE SUB REGISTRAR, RAJAKUMARI, IDUKKI DISTRICT. R1 TO R6 BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER MR.P. NARAYANAN. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 31/03/2010,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: rs. T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J. --------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No.10198 OF 2010 --------------------------------------- Dated this the 31st day of March, 2010. J U D G M E N T The petitioner purchased 2 acres and 58 cents of land as per Exhibit P1 sale deed. Exhibits P2 to P2(c) are the property tax receipts issued by the 5th respondent in favour of the previous owners of the property. It is stated that the 4th respondent had issued No Objection Certificate for registering the property in favour of the petitioner. Exhibits P3 to P3(c) are copies of the No Objection Certificates relied upon by the petitioner to prove that the petitioner is having title. 2. The petitioner could not get the benefit of mutation of the property for want of appropriate orders by the respondents. Finally, by Exhibit P6 order, the Tahsildar rejected the application of the petitioner for effecting mutation. Challenging the same, the petitioner has filed Exhibit P7 appeal before the Revenue Divisional Officer. The petitioner seeks for a direction to the 3rd respondent Revenue Divisional Officer to consider and pass W.P.(C) No.10198/2010 2 orders on Exhibit P7 appeal within a time frame. There will be a direction to the 3rd respondent to take a decision on Exhibit P7 within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. This writ petition is disposed of as above. T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR JUDGE smp