IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN THURSDAY, THE 12TH FEBRUARY 2009 / 23RD MAGHA 1930 WP(C).No. 1686 of 2009(A) ------------------------------- PETITIONER: -------------- CHOMBALAN SURENDRAN, AGED 52 YEARS, S/O. KANNAN, GIRIJA NIVAS, P.O. KOTTAYAMPOZHIL, KANNUR DISTRICT. MR.C.KHALID, ADVOCATE. MR.N.GOPINATHA PANICKER, ADVOCATE. MR.R.O.MUHAMED SHEMEEM, ADVOCATE. MR.T.P.SAJID, ADVOCATE. MS.M.A.SULFIA, ADVOCATE. MS.NAMITHA JYOTHISH, ADVOCATE. RESPONDENT: ---------------- THE SECRETARY, MUZHAPILANGAD GRAMA PANCHAYATH, P.O. MUZHAPPILANGAD, KANNUR DISTRICT. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 12/02/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S. SIRI JAGAN, J. ------------------------------------ W.P.(C)No.1686 OF 2009 ---------------------------------------- Dated this the 12th day of February, 2009 JUDGMENT The petitioner owns a building. He applied to the respondent for issue of an ownership certificate. It was rejected by Ext.P8 order on the ground that the petitioner had demolished the original building bearing No.VI/261 and constructed a new building without obtaining any permit from the Panchayat. According to the Panchayat, the original building, on demolition, had been deleted from the records of the Panchayat and therefore, no ownership certificate for the building No.VI/261 can be issued to the petitioner. Although the petitioner would submit that he had not demolished the original building but only renovated the same, it is an undisputed fact that the original building had only a tiled roof and the present building has a concrete roof. Further the petitioner could not satisfy me that the finding in Ext.P8 that the original building has been removed from the records of the Panchayat is not correct. In the above circumstances, I am not inclined to interfere W.P.(c)No.1686/09 2 with Ext.P8. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. However, this is without prejudice to other remedies of the petitioner to get regularisation of the construction of the building. S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE Acd