IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC WEDNESDAY, THE 20TH FEBRUARY 2008 / 1ST PHALGUNA 1929 WP(C).No. 5927 of 2008(E) ------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ K.G.RAJAGOPALAKRISHNAN S/O.GOPALAKRISHNAN, AGED 69 YEARS MELEPPURA HOUSE, ANAPPARA, KOTTEKKAD P.O. PALAKKAD. BY ADV. SRI.BINOY VASUDEVAN RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT REVENUE (P) DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE REVENUE DIVISIONAL OFFICER PALAKKAD. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI I.V.PRAMOD THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 20/02/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ANTONY DOMINIC, J. ------------------------------------ W.P.(C) 5927 of 2008 ------------------------------------- Dated: February 20, 2008 JUDGMENT Petitioner had submitted Ext.P2 application to the 2nd respondent, invoking the power under the Kerala Land Utilisation Order. According to the petitioner that application is not considered on account of Ext.P3 direction issued by the 1st respondent interdicting the 2nd respondent from considering applications such as Ext.P2 on account of the legislation introduced. 2. In my view, the proposal for introducing a legislation can be no reason for declining to consider statutory applications such as Ext.P2. The 2nd respondent is the notified authority bound to consider the application and pass orders thereon. 3. Therefore I dispose of this writ petition with a direction that irrespective of Ext.P3, the 2nd respondent shall consider Ext.P2 application filed by the petitioner. This shall be done as WP(C) 5927/08 Page numbers expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within six weeks from the date of production of a copy of this judgment. ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE mt/-