IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC MONDAY, THE 25TH MAY 2009 / 4TH JYAISHTA 1931 WP(C).No. 11140 of 2006(A) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- 1. KEEZHTHIL HANDLOOM WEAVERS CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY (LTD.) NO.H.183, KAZHIVOOR, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY N.S.JAYACHANDRAN. 2. ARUMANOORTHURA HANDLOOM WEAVERS CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD. NO.H.157, POOVAR.P.O, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, REP. BY SECRETARY V.ASOKAN. 3. KARICHAL HANDLOOM WEAVERS CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD. NO.841, KAZHIVOOR.P.O, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY, K.RAJENDRAN. BY ADV. SRI.V.N.ACHUTHA KURUP, SENIOR ADVOCATE SRI.BINDU SREEKUMAR RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. GENERAL MANAGER, DISTRICT INDUSTRIES CENTRE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. STATE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, DISTRICT INDUSTRIES CENTRE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 4. B.BALACHANDRAN NAIR, VIJAYAVILAS, NADOORKOLLA, AMARAVILA.P.O. MR.I.V.PRAMOD, GOVERNMENT PLEADER FOR R1 TO 3 THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 25/05/2009, ALONG WITH WPC NOS.22508/2006, 13893 & 17854/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: WPC NO.11140/2006 APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS P1 : COPY OF THE ORDER IN WPC NO.10285/2006 DATED 04/04/2006 OF THE HONOURABLE HIGH COURT OF KERALA. P2 : COPY OF THE LETTER NO.E.1791/2006(45) DATED 04/03/2006 ALONG WITH COPY OF PETITION OF R4 ADDRESSED TO R2 SENT BY R3 TO 1ST PETITIONER. P3 : COPY OF LETTER NO.E.1791/06 DATED 04/03/2006 SENT BY R3 TO 2ND PETITIONER ALONG WITH COPY OF LETTER OF R4. P4 : COPY OF LETTER NO.E.1791/06(40) DATED 04/03/2006 SENT BY R3 TO 3RD PETITIONER WITH COPY OF LETTER OF R4. //TRUE COPY// PA TO JUDGE. jg ANTONY DOMINIC, J. ------------------------- W.P.(C.) Nos.11140 & 22508 of 2006 & 13893 & 17854 of 2007 --------------------------------- Dated, this the 25th day of May, 2009 J U D G M E N T The issue raised in these writ petitions is whether the petitioner Societies are amenable to the provisions of the Right to Information Act. By judgment rendered by this Court in Thalapalam Service Co-operative Bank Limited v. Union of India (2009(2) KLT 507), the issue has already been decided against the petitioners. In the light of the said judgment, these writ petitions are only to be dismissed, and I do so. (ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE) jg