IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN WEDNESDAY, THE 11TH AUGUST 2010 / 20TH SRAVANA 1932 WP(C).No. 25029 of 2010(C) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- SADAKATH, AGED 37 YEARS, S/O.ABU, KUTTIYANTHODIKA HOUSE, CHANDAKKUNNU, NILAMBUR, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.P.SAMSUDIN RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, MALAPPURAM. 2. THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, NILAMBUR. GOVT. PLEADER SHRI.P.N.SANTHOSH THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 11/08/2010, A/W. W.P.(C).No.25038/2010 AND CONNECTED CASE, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S.SIRI JAGAN, J. ================== W.P.(C).Nos.25029, 25038 & 25112 of 2010 ================== Dated this the 11th day of August, 2010 J U D G M E N T In these writ petitions, the petitioners seek interim custody of their vehicles, which have been seized on allegations of illegal transportation of river sand in violation of the Kerala Protection of River Banks and Regulation of Removal of Sand Act. The question of granting interim custody of the vehicles seized under the Act was the subject matter of a decision of a Full Bench of this Court in Shan C.T. v. State of Kerala [2010 (3) KHC 333]. Therefore, the appropriate authority under the Act is bound to consider the matter in accordance with the said decision. Accordingly, these writ petitions are disposed of with a direction to the appropriate authority under the Act, as amened, to consider the matter, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within two weeks from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this judgment, in accordance with the above said Full Bench decision. Sd/- sdk+ S.SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE ///True copy/// P.A. to Judge 2