IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARUN-UL-RASHID MONDAY, THE 14TH NOVEMBER 2011 / 23RD KARTHIKA 1933 WP(C).No. 35374 of 2010(V) --------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S) : ---------------------- 1. JOSE JOSEPH, AMBALAKULAM, PADINJATTUMBHAGOM, ATHIRAMPUZHA, KOTTAYAM. 2. LILLY JOSE, AMBALAKULAM, PADINJATTUMBHAGOM, ATHIRAMPUZHA, KOTTAYAM. BY ADV. SRI.SURIN GEORGE IPE RESPONDENT(S) : ------------------------ 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY, LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 695 001 2. THE SECRETARY, ATHIRAMPUZHA GRAMA PANCHAYATH, ATHIRAMPUZHA, KOTTAYAM - 686 562 3. C.K.GOPI, SIVAS HOUSE, ETTUMANOOR P.O. KOTTAYAM - 686 631. R1 BY GOVT. PLEADER SRI. V.K. RAFEEQ R2 BY ADV. SRI.K.JAJU BABU R3 BY ADV. SRI.SUNILNATH THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 14/11/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING : NS W.P.C. NO.35374/2010 APPENDIX PETIOTIONER'S EXHIBITS : P1 : COPY OF THE ORDER OF THE OMBUDSMAN DATED 17.09.2010. P2 : COPY OF THE ORDER AND NOTICE OF THE 2ND RESPONDENT DATED 11.11.2010. P3 : COPY OF THE APPLICATION OF THE PETITIONERS BEFORE THE 2ND RESPONDENT INCLUDING THE PHOTOGRAPH DATED 18.11.2010. P4 : COPY OF THE ACKNOWLDGEMENT CARD DATED 19.11.2010. RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS : NIL / TRUE COPY / P.A. TO JUDGE NS HARUN-UL-RASHID,J. ------------------------------- W.P.(C). NO.35374 OF 2010 ------------------------------- DATED THIS THE 14TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2011 JUDGMENT The writ petition is filed seeking to quash Exts.P1 and P2 and for a direction commanding the 2nd respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P3 application submitted by the petitioners expeditiously in accordance with law, untrammelled by the observations made by the Ombudsman in Ext.P1 order. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the respondents. 3. When the matter is taken up for consideration today, learned counsel for the petitioners submits that Ext.P3 application is pending consideration before the 2nd respondent and requests this Court to direct the 2nd respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P3 application within a time frame. In the facts and circumstances of the case, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the 2nd respondent- -2- W.P.(C).No.35374/2010 Panchayat to consider and pass appropriate orders on Ext.P3 application submitted by the petitioners, after affording an opportunity of being heard to the petitioners and the 3rd respondent, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment, untrammelled by any of the observations made in Ext.P1 order. Exts.P1 and P2 orders are quashed. Writ Petition is disposed of as above. HARUN-UL-RASHID, Judge. kcv.