IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR THURSDAY, THE 20TH JANUARY 2011 / 30TH POUSHA 1932 WP(C).No. 8588 of 2005(V) ------------------------- PETITIONER: --------------- JILL DAVID, AGED 32 YEARS, S/O. DAVID PAUL, KUKRUMKULATH HOUSE, MAIN ROAD, N.PARAVUR. BY ADV. SRI.K.A.MANZOOR ALI RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY TO GENERAL EDUCATION, GOVT. SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. PARAVUR MUNCIPALITY, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY, MUNCIPAL OFFICE, N.PARAVUR. 3. THE SECRETARY, PARAVUR MUNCIPALITY, MUNCIPAL OFFICE, N.PARAVUR. 4. THE DIRCTOR SECONDARY EDUCATION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 5. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, COLLECTORATE, ERNAKULAM. BY GOVT.PLEADER SMT.M.R.SREELATHA FOR R1, R4 & R5 SRI.C.S.AJITH PRAKASH,SC,PARAVUR MUNICIPALAITY FOR R2 & R3 THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 20/01/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR,J. ------------------------------------- W.P.(C)No.8588 Of 2005 ----------------------------------------------------- DATED THIS THE 20th DAY OF JANUARY, 2011 J U D G M E N T The petitioner who is running a shop in the building owned by his mother approached this Court seeking for a direction to the Municipality to take action in respect of dangerous trees, which are causing threat to the building and situated in a school compound. Exhibit P3 is the representation. 2. In the counter affidavit filed by the 3rd respondent, it is pointed out that in the school compound there were about 10 casuarina trees and the petitioner's concern is situated on the opposite side of the Government Model Higher Secondary School. On receipt of the representation from the petitioner, an inspection was conducted and after finding that some of the branches were hanging in a dangerous position, on 15.7.2005, all the overhanging branches were cut and removed and now no branches of the trees are overhanging dangerously. 3. It is further averred in paragraph No.7 that there is no imminent danger from any of the trees in the compound. Therefore, the Writ Petition is closed in the light of the fact that action has already been taken in the matter by the Municipality. Sd/-( T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JUDGE) dsn True copy P.A.to Judge