IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.M.JOSEPH FRIDAY, THE 11TH APRIL 2008 / 22ND CHAITHRA 1930 WP(C).No. 10184 of 2008(K) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------ K.NARAYANANKUTTY, S/O.T.K.BALAMANI AMMA, THAKARAMKUNNATH KEERTHIYIL, VAZHAD, KONDAZHI P.O., THRISSUR DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.SANTHEEP ANKARATH SRI.V.C.MADHAVANKUTTY RESPONDENTS: ---------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY,GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE PRINCIPAL CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF FORESTS,FORESTS HEAD QUARTERS,VZHUTHACADU, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE DIVISIONAL FOREST OFFICER, SPECIAL DIVISION, THRISSUR. 4. THE FOREST RANGE OFFICE, WADAKKANCHERY RANGE, THRISSUR DISTRICT. BY SPL.GOVT. PLEADER SRI. RENJITH THAMPAN. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 11/04/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: K.M.JOSEPH, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - WP.(C) No.10184 of 2008 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated this the 11th day of April, 2008 JUDGMENT The prayers in the writ petition are to direct the respondents to restore possession of the properties and abstain from interrupting the petitioner from managing the estates comprised in Sy. No.604 in Kondazhi Village having an extent of 4.20 acres of land and to declare that the land having an extent of 4.20 acres comprised in Sy. No.604 in Kondazhi Village is not an ecologically fragile land. 2. Today when the matter came up, the learned Special Government Pleader Sri. Ranjith Thampan would submit on instructions that an extent of 1.163 hectares in Sy. No.604 of Kondazhi Village was found to be not land liable to be vested under the EFL Act and the said land is liable to be restored back to the possession of the petitioner. He would submit that a notification de-notifying the land has to be issued under Rule 20 of the EFL Rules. He submits that it can be completed as expeditiously as possible. The writ petition is disposed of directing the second respondent to restore to the petitioner 1.163 hectares of land in Sy. No.604 of Kondazhi Village referred to by the learned Special Government Pleader as WPC. 10184/2008. 2 expeditiously as possible, at any rate within a period of four months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. If the petitioner has any grievance, it is for the petitioner to work out his remedies before the appropriate forum. (K.M. JOSEPH, JUDGE) sb