IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR THURSDAY, THE 1ST JULY 2010 / 10TH ASHADHA 1932 WP(C).No. 19768 of 2010(U) -------------------------------- PETITIONER: -------------- T.SARALA BAI AMMA, AGED 67, W/O.LATE P.NARAYANA KURUP, ANITHA BHAVAN, KAVANADU P.O., KOLLAM. BY MS.P.RANI DIOTHIMA, ADVOCATE. RESPONDENTS: ------------------ 1. THE KOLLAM CORPORATION, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, CORPORATION OFFICE, KOLLAM. 2. THE SECRETARY, KOLLAM CORPORATION, CORPORATION OFFICE, KOLLAM. 3. THE CHAIRMAN OF KOLLAM CORPORATION, CORPORATION OFFICE, KOLLAM. BY MR.C. UNNIKRISHNAN, SC. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 01/07/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J. --------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No.19768 OF 2010 --------------------------------------- Dated this the 1st day of July, 2010. J U D G M E N T The matter in issue concerns renewal of licence of the Cinema theatre namely, M/s. S.M.P. Palace, Kollam. The building is owned by Sree Moolam Shashtiabdapoorthi Memorial Town Hall Trust. The late husband of the petitioner was the original licensee and he had been running the theatre for about 40 years. The period of licence expired on 11.06.2010. 2. Even though an application was filed in time to renew the licence, the Corporation has not so far taken any action on the same which has compelled the petitioner to temporarily stop the exhibition of the cinema. The petitioner alleges that there are extraneous reasons for not renewing the licence. 3. Learned Standing Counsel for the Corporation submitted that the application for renewal of licence has been received and the same will be considered and a final decision will be communicated within a period of two weeks. W.P.(C) No.19768/2010 2 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that since exhibition of the cinema has already been stopped, the petitioner is put to real difficulty and the workers are also depending upon the petitioner. In that view of the matter, the application may be directed to be disposed of within a period of one week. Having regard to the averments raised in the writ petition, there will be a direction to the respondents to take a final decision with regard to the renewal of licence to conduct the cinema theatre and communicate the same to the petitioner within a period of ten days from today. This writ petition is disposed of as above. T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR JUDGE smp