IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN WEDNESDAY, THE 24TH NOVEMBER 2010 / 3RD AGRAHAYANA 1932 WP(C).No. 29808 of 2005(W) --------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ---------------------- K.C.ABDUL JABBAR, KUNNOH PARAMABTH, P.O.PANAMARAM, WAYANAD. BY ADV. SRI.P.C.SASIDHARAN RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT, SSECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE STATE ELECTION COMMISSIONER, OFFICE OF THE STATE ELECTION COMMISSION, CORPORATION OFFICE COMPLEX, LMS JUNCTION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. DEPUTY COLLECTOR (ELECTION), DISTRICT ELECTORAL OFFICER(DEPUTY COLLECTOR), WAYANAD. R1 BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI. V.MANU R2 & R3 BY ADV. SRI.MURALI PURUSHOTHAMAN, SC,K.S.E.COMM THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 24/11/2010, ALONG WITH WPC NO. 1591 OF 2006, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: sts WP(C) NO. 29808/2005 APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: P1 COPY OF THE PROCEEDINGS DATED 06/10/2005. P2 COPY OF THE COMMUNICATION ISSUED BY THE 3RD RESPONDENT DATED 21/10/05. P3 COPY OF THE RELEVANT EXTRACT OF THE NOTIFICATION ISSUED BY THE ELECTION COMMISSION DATED 25/08/05. P4 COPY OF THE EXTRACT OF THE NOTIFICATION ISSUED BY THE ELECTION COMMISSION DATED 28/07/2000. RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS: R3(A) COPY OF THE NOTIFICATION DATED 25/08/2005 ISSUED BY THE STATE ELECTION COMMISSION. /TRUE COPY/ P.A.TO.JUDGE sts P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. --------------------------- W.P.(C) Nos. 29808 OF 2005 & 1591 OF 2006 -------------------------- Dated this the 24th day of November, 2010 J U D G M E N T These writ petitions arise out of the elections to the Panamaram Grama Panchayat held in the year 2005. The dispute raised is whether the office of the President was one reserved for Scheduled Tribe women candidates or not. By virtue of the order of stay passed in W.P.(C) No.29808 of 2005, the person elected as President of the Panamaram Grama Panchayat continued to hold office. Since the term for which the President was elected has expired and fresh elections have been held in the month of October, 2010 and a new committee has assumed office, this writ petition has become infructuous by efflux of time. The writ petitions are accordingly dismissed as infructuous. The question raised in these writ petitions is left open. P.N.RAVINDRAN, (JUDGE) vps WPC No. 2 WPC No. 3