IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR.S.R.BANNURMATH & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KURIAN JOSEPH THURSDAY, THE 23RD JULY 2009 / 1ST SRAVANA 1931 WA.No. 1551 of 2009 --------------------- AGAINST THE JUDGEMENT IN WPC.19350/2009 Dated 14/07/2009 .................... APPELLANT/PETITIONER: --------------------------- C.M.GOPALAKRISHNAN, CHANTHURUTHIL VEEDU, VALAMANGALAM SOUTH P.O., THURAVOOR, ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.SHEJI P.ABRAHAM RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS: ---------------------------------- 1. DISTRICT COLLECTOR, ALAPPUZHA. 2. DISTRICT SUPPLY OFFICER, ALAPPUZHA. 3. TALUK SUPPLY OFFICER, CHERTHALA. BY SR. GOVT. PLEADER, SRI.BENJAMIN PAUL. THIS WRIT APPEAL HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 23/07/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S.R.Bannurmath, C.J. & Kurian Joseph, J. ------------------------------------------ W.A.No.1551 of 2009 ------------------------------------------ Dated, this the 23rd day of July, 2009 JUDGMENT Kurian Joseph, J. The petitioner in W.P.(C) No.19350 of 2009 is the appellant. The limited submission is that till Ext.P4 appeal is disposed of by the District Collector, the appellant/petitioner may be permitted to continue to be the licensee of ARD No.96 in Cherthala. 2. Learned Government Pleader on instruction submits that the appellant/petitioner was appointed only temporarily by way of a stop gap arrangement when the original licensee happened to be suspended, on the request of the licensee of ARD No.96 on medical ground. Now that the original licensee has come back, necessarily the appellant/petitioner has to give way to that licensee, since the appointment of the appellant/petitioner was only as a temporary licensee. The above submission is recorded. 3. In that view of the matter, it is not feasible or W.A.No.1551 of 2009 - 2 - permissible to permit the appellant/petitioner to continue as licensee of ARD No.96. The writ appeal stands dismissed. S.R.Bannurmath, Chief Justice Kurian Joseph, Judge vns