IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN TUESDAY, THE 10TH APRIL 2007 / 20TH CHAITHRA 1929 WP(C).No. 12329 of 2007(P) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ SHAJI K.JACOB, VIZHALIL, VALLAMKULAM KIZHAKKEMURY, ERAVIPEROOR VILLAGE, THIRUVALLA TALUK. BY ADV. SRI.V.V.NANDAGOPAL NAMBIAR SRI.T.P.PRADEEP RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, THIRUVALLA. 2. MR.PRABHULLA CHANDRAN, THE CIRCLE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, THIRUVALLA. 3. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, PATHANAMTHITTA. BY G.P. SRI.S.V.PRAMOD THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 10/04/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S. SIRI JAGAN, J. ----------------------------------- W.P.(C)NO.12329 OF 2007 ------------------------------------ DATED THIS THE 10th DAY OF APRIL, 2007 JUDGMENT The petitioner has approached this Court with this writ petition seeking a direction to the 1st respondent to issue a receipt for payment of money and list of articles bid by the petitioner in auction on 21.4.2003. Admittedly, the receipt and list of articles pertains to a transaction which happened in 21.4.03. The petitioner is approaching this court for this relief after almost four years thereafter. I am not inclined to entertain this writ petition at this distance of time especially since the petitioner has not even attempted to explain the long delay in approaching this Court. From the documents produced by the petitioner himself, he had chosen to file a petition against police harassment before this Court, which was disposed of by Ext.P3 judgment in which also, apparently, he had not raised such a claim. In the above circumstances, I am not inclined to exercise my discretionary jurisdiction in favour of the petitioner, who is guilty of unexplained delay and laches. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE Acd S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE Acd