IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARUN-UL-RASHID TUESDAY, THE 9TH DECEMBER 2008 / 18TH AGRAHAYANA 1930 WP(C).No. 3439 of 2005(H) ------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- E.M.APPUMENON, S/O. M.KRISHNA MENON, AGED 75 YARS, VISHNU SREE, KULASEKHARAM, KODUNGANOOR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.SAJEEV KUMAR K.GOPAL SRI.BINOY VASUDEVAN RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. THE TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, NANTHANCODE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 2. THE DEVASWOM COMMISSIONER, TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 4. THE ADDITIONAL TAHSILDAR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 5. SRI.GOPALA PILLI, S/O. NARAYANA PILLAI, AGED 76 YEARS, 'SREYAS', KAITHARATHALE MELE PUTHEN VEEDU, VAZHOTTUKONAM, KODUNGALOOR P.O., VATTIYOORKAVU, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. ADV.SRI.M.BALAGOVINDAN FOR R5 SRI.SASITH.M.R FOR R5 SRI.P.VIJAYARAGHAVAN, SC, TDB FOR R1 & R2 SRI.NAGARAJ NARAYANAN, SC, TDB FOR R1,2 G.P. SMT.SMITHA SUKUMARAN FOR R3&4 THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 09/12/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: P1: TRUE COPY OF COMMUNICATION FROM THE VILLAGE OFFICER, VATTIYOORKAVU TO THE SUB GROUP OFFICER, DEVASWOM OFFICE SASTHAMANGALAM DT.1.1.2003. P2: TRUE COPY OF COMMUNICATION DT.4.1.2003 FROM THE SUB GROUP OFFICER, DEASWOM OFFICE, SASTHAMANGALAM TO THE ASST. DEVASWOM COMMISSIONER, ULLOOR. P3: TRUE COPY OF JUDGMENT DT.12.1.2004 IN O.P. NO.13274/2003. P4: TRUE COPY OF APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY R1 BEFORE R3 U/S.11(3) OF THE LAND CONSERVANCY ACT DT.3.3.2004. P5: TRUE COPY OF REPRESENTATION DT.16.10.2004 SUBMITTED BY SREE SANKARA NARAYANA SWAMY KSHETROPADESAKA SAMITHY BEFORE R2. P6: .DO. DT.8.7.2004 .DO. R3. P7: .DO. DT.14.6.2004 .DO. R4. P8: TRUE COPY OF COMMUNICATION ISSUED BY R3 TO R1. RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS: R1A: TRUE COPY OF LETTER DT.17.3.2004 SENT BY DEVASWOM COMMISSIONER TO R3. R1B: TRUE COPY OF LETTER DT.12.4.2004 SENT BY REVENUE AUTHORITIES TO R3. R1C: TRUE COPY OF LETTER DT.6.10.2004 SENT BY R2 TO R1. R1D: .DO. DT.1.11.2004 SENT BY R1 TO R3. R1E: TRUE COPY OF NOTICE DT.19.11.2004 SENT BY R4 TO R2. R1F: .DO. DT.10.12.2004 .DO. R1G: TRUE COPY OF STATEMENT DT.8.12.2004 FILED BY SUB-GROUP OFFICER SASTHAMANGALAM SUB-GROUP BEFORE R4. R5(a): TRUE COPY OF ORDER OF R3 DISTRICT COLLECTOR DT.2.4.2005. R5(b): TRUE OCPY OF JUDGMENT OF LAND TRIBUNAL DT.7.8.1976. R5(c): TRUE COPY OF PURCHASE CERTIFICATE. ANNEXURE R1(a): TRUE COPY OF ORDER DT.7.11.91. TRUE COPY PA TO JUDGE C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR & HARUN-UL-RASHID, JJ. .................................................................... W.P.(C) No.3439 of 2005 .................................................................... Dated this the 9th day of December, 2008. JUDGMENT Ramachandran Nair, J. The prayer in the W.P.(C) was for direction to respondents 1 to 4 to evict the 5th respondent from the property of the Devaswom held by him. This court issued interim order on 2.11.2007 directing the District Collector to reconsider petitioner's claim for eviction of the 5th respondent. The District Collector has produced an order today before us by which the 5th respondent is directed to vacate the property. We do not go into the merits of the order passed by the District Collector. However, so long as District Collector's order stands, petitioner has no grievance. W.P.(C) is accordingly closed leaving freedom to the 5th respondent to challenge the Collector's order, if he so desires. C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR Judge HARUN-UL-RASHID Judge pms