IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN TUESDAY, THE 16TH NOVEMBER 2010 / 25TH KARTHIKA 1932 WP(C).No. 34271 of 2010(H) --------------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------- P.J.PETER, PULLYEZHATH HOUSE, ELAMKUNNAPUZHA, OCHANTHURUTH P.O., ERNAKULAM-682 508. BY ADVS. SRI.B.S.SWATHY KUMAR, SMT.P.A.ANITHA, SMT.S.MEERA, SMT.M.G.AISHWARYA. RESPONDENTS: ------------------------ 1. ELAMKUNNAPUZHA GRAMA PANCHAYATH, MALIPURAM P.O., ERNAKULAM-682 511, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. 2. THE SECRETARY, ELAMKUNNAPUZHA GRAMA PANCHAYATH, MALIPURAM P.O., ERNAKULAM-682 511. 3. A.R.ROSILY, (FORMER PRESIDENT, ELAMKUNNAPUZHA GRAMA PANCHAYATH AND PRESENT MEMBER FROM WARD NO.X), RAMACHAN VEETTIL, OCHANTHURUTH P.O., KOCHI-682 508. R1 & R2 BY SRI. S. SHANAVAS KHAN, S.C. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 16/11/2010,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: prv. P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. --------------------------- W.P.(C) No. 34271 OF 2010 -------------------------- Dated this the 16th day of November, 2010 J U D G M E N T The petitioner who owns a small bit of land 2 cents in extent within the local limits of Elamkunnapuzha Grama Panchayat has filed this writ petition apprehending that the respondents are likely to encroach into his lands and lay a pathway through it. It is contended that without resorting to acquisition of the lands, the respondent Panchayat cannot lay the road or a pathway. 2. When the writ petition came up for hearing today, Sri. S. Shanavaskhan, learned standing counsel appearing for respondents 1 and 2 submitted that the pathway referred to in the writ petition extends only up to the southern boundary of the petitioner's land and that the Panchayat or its members have no intention to extent the pathway beyond the point where it touches the petitioner's land. In the light of the said submission, the petitioner cannot have any subsisting grievance. The writ petition is accordingly closed recording the above submission. P.N.RAVINDRAN, (JUDGE) vps WPC No. 2 WPC No. 3