IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC THURSDAY, THE 12TH MARCH 2009 / 21ST PHALGUNA 1930 WP(C).No. 7772 of 2009(N) ------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- 1. E.GOPINATHA KURUP, ARDRA HOUSE, KALLINGAL LANE, THRISSUR P.O., THRISSUR DISTRICT. 2. RATHI DEVI, ARDRA HOUSE, KALLINGAL LANE, THRISSUR P.O., THRISSUR DISTRICT. 3. MANOJ KUMAR, ARDRA HOUSE, KALLINGAL LANE, THRISSUR P.O., THRISSUR DISTRICT. 4. AJITH KUMAR, ARDRA HOUSE, KALLINGAL LANE, THRISSUR P.O., THRISSUR DISTRICT. 5. DEEPA, ARDRA HOUSE, KALLINGAL LANE, THRISSUR P.O., THRISSUR DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.M.P.ASHOK KUMAR RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY ITS CHIEF SECRETARY, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE DIVISIONAL FOREST OFFICER, WAYANAD DISTRICT. 3. THE CUSTODIAN (ECOLOGICALLY FRAGILE LANDS) AND CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF FORESTS (BIO DIVERSITY), THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. MR.P.N.SANTHOSH, GOVERNMENT PLEADER THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 12/03/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ANTONY DOMINIC, J. ------------------------- W.P.(C.) No.7772 of 2009 --------------------------------- Dated, this the 12th day of March, 2009 J U D G M E N T Challenge in this writ petition is against Ext.P3, a notification issued by the 1st respondent exercising his powers under the Kerala Forest (Vesting and Management of Ecologically Fragile Lands) Act, 2003 to the extent the petitioners' properties have been notified. 2. In my view, if the petitioners are aggrieved by the notification as above, the remedy available to the petitioners is to seek relief from the Tribunal constituted under the Act itself. Therefore, leaving it open to the petitioners to pursue the remedy including interlocutory orders, the writ petition is dismissed. (ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE) jg