IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN FRIDAY, THE 13TH JULY 2007 / 22ND ASHADHA 1929 WP(C).No. 21658 of 2007(C) ------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------- K.ALIYARU KUNJU, S/O.KOYAKUTTY, BUNGALAVU PURAYIDOM, CHINNAKKADA, VADAKKUM BHAGOM WARD, KOLLAM. BY ADV. SRI.B.MOHANLAL RESPONDENTS: ----------------- 1. THE APPELLATE AUTHORITY (LR) (DEPUTY COLLECTOR), THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE LAND TRIBUNAL (SPECIAL TAHSILDAR (LR KOLLAM. 3. ABOOBACKER, AAFA MANZIL, MUTHODE LANE, KUNCHALUMOODU, KARAMANA P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 4. FATHIMA BEEVI, AAFA MANZIL, MUTHODE LANE KUNCHALUMOODU, KARAMANA P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 5. BEEVI UMMA, BUNGALAVU PURAYIDOM, VADAKKUMBHAGOM, CHINNAKKADA, KOLLAM (DIED). 6. SHAMSUDHEEN BASHA, BUNGALAVU PURAYIDOM, VADAKKUMBHAGOM, CHINNAKKADA, KOLLAM. 7. SHERIFA BEEVI, BUNGALAVU PURAYIDOM, VADAKKUMBHAGOM, CHINNAKKADA , KOLLAM. 8. SUHARBAN, BUNGALAVU PURAYIDOM, VADAKKUMBHAGOM, CHINNAKKADA , KOLLAM. 9. THAJUDEEN, BUNGALAVU PURAYIDOM, VADAKKUMBHAGOM, CHINNAKKADA , KOLLAM. WP(C) NO.21658 OF 2007 :-2-: 10. JAINATHUMMA @ JAMEELA AMMA, BUNGALAVU PURAYIDOM, VADAKKUMBHAGOM, CHINNAKKADA , KOLLAM. R1 & R2 BY GOVT. PLEADER SRI.I.V.PRAMOD. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 13/07/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S. SIRI JAGAN, J. ------------------------------------ WP(C) NO. 21658 OF 2007 - C ------------------------------------- Dated this the 13th day of July, 2007 J U D G M E N T The petitioner is the applicant in O.A.No.8/2002 before the second respondent under Section 80(B) of the Kerala Land Reforms Act, 1963 for purchase of his kudikidappu. The said O.A. was decided in favour of the petitioner, by Ext.P1 order. The respondents 3 to 10 who were the respondents in the O.A. filed appeals (A.A.Nos.7/2002 and 8/2002) before the Appellate Authority (LR), Alappuzha challenging the order in O.A.No.8/2002 (Ext.P1). The Appellate Authority(LR), Alappuzha has now transferred the above appeals to the first respondent and the appeals are renumbered as A.A.Nos.79/2003 and 80/2003. The petitioner complains of undue delay in disposal of the same. 2. I have heard the learned Government Pleader also. 3. From Ext.P3, I find that in one of the appeals, the first respondent had passed an interim order on WP(C) NO.21658 of 2007 :-2-: 11.9.2002. Since more than five years have elapsed since then, I feel that the first respondent should dispose of the appeals, expeditiously. 4. Accordingly, I direct the first respondent to dispose of A.A.Nos.79/2003 and 80/2003 pending before it, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate within three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. The writ petition is disposed of as above. S. SIRI JAGAN, Judge Mbs/ WP(C) NO.21658 of 2007 :-3-: S.SIRI JAGAN, J ------------------------------------ W.P.(C) NO. OF 2001 ------------------------------------ J U D G M E N T WP(C) NO.21658 of 2007 :-4-: DATED:01-06-2007