IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.PADMANABHAN NAIR WEDNESDAY, THE 31ST OCTOBER 2007 / 9TH KARTHIKA 1929 WP(C).No. 31157 of 2007(H) -------------------------- PETITIONERS: ------------ 1. K.T.ZUHRABI,W/O. ADV.M.MOHAMED, AGED 56 YEARS, "SHABNA," HOUSE NO.19/1993, M.N.ROAD, CHALAPPURAM, CALICUT-2 2. DR.R.SANTHAKUMAR PRABHU, S/O. K.R.PRABHU, AGED 71 YEARS 19/1996,MADHAVAN NAIR ROAD, CHALAPPURAM, CALICUT-2 BY ADV. DR.K.B.MUHAMED KUTTY (SR.) SRI.JACOB E SIMON RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. THE STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SECRETARIAT, TRIVANDRUM 01. 2. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR CIVIL STATION, CALICUT 020. 3. THE SPECIAL TAHSILDAR (LAND ACQUISITION) CIVIL STATION P.O. CALICUT-673 020. 4. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, P W D ROAD DIVISION CALICUT 20. 5. THE LAND REVENUE COMMISSIONER OFFICE OF THE LAND REVENUE COMMISSIONER TRIVANDRYM. BY G.P. SHRI BASANT BALAJI THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 31/10/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: K. PADMANABHAN NAIR ,J. ------------------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No.31157 of 2007 H ------------------------------------------------- Dated, this the 31st day of October, 2007 JUDGMENT Heard. Admitted. Learned Government Pleader takes notice for respondents 1 and 6. Notice to other respondents dispensed with. Writ Petition itself is heard and disposed of. 2. The counsel for the petitioners has submitted that a decision had already been taken to change the alignment. It is submitted that the respondents have decided to reduce the width of the road from 15 metres to 12 metres and in view of the change in the alignment the request to acquire land from either side of the road can also be considered without causing difficulties to anybody. In the result, the Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to respondents 2 to 4 to consider and pass appropriate orders in Exts.P6 and P7 representations filed by the first petitioner and Exts.P9 and P10 representations filed by the second petitioner while re-fixing the alignment. The Writ Petition is disposed of as above. K. PADMANABHAN NAIR, JUDGE. cks