IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR.H.L.DATTU & THE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE M.C.HARI RANI WEDNESDAY, THE 21ST MAY 2008 / 31ST VAISAKHA 1930 W.P.(C).No. 13897 of 2008(S) ---------------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------- V.N.DAMODARAN, S/O.NARAYANAN, AGED 57 YEARS, VAIKKASSERIL HOUSE, AMBADIMALA, KADUNGAMANGALAM P.O. CHOTTANIKKARA, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.P.M.JOSHI SRI.JINU JOHN SRI.JOJO VARGHESE RESPONDENTS: ------------------------ 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY HEALTH SECRETARY, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 2. THE DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF VIGILANCE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF VIGILANCE, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT. 4. DR.C.RATNAKARAN, PRINCIPAL AND HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION, GOVT. AYURVEDA COLLEGE OF HOSPITAL THRIPUNITHURA. 5. THE DIRECTOR, AYURVEDA MEDICAL EDUCATION, AROGYA BHAVAN THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER SMT.K.MEERA THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 21/05/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: H.L.DATTU, C.J. & M.C.HARI RANI, J. ------------------------------------------ W.P.(C) No.13897 of 2008-S ------------------------------------------ Dated, this the 21st day of May, 2008 JUDGMENT H.L.Dattu, C.J. In this writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution, the petitioner seeks the following reliefs. They are as under: “a) a writ of mandamus or appropriate writ or direction directing the 3rd respondent to submit the final report, of the raid and enquiry conducted by him in the office of 4th respondent in Ayurveda Medical College Hospital Thripunithura including the assets of 4th respondent, before the vigilance court and a copy of the same before this hon'ble court. b) Necessary and effective directions may be given to stop the mismanagement and corruption at the instance of 4th respondent going on in the Ayurveda Medical College Hospital, Thripunithura and to render better treatment and service to the general public. c) Grant such other relief that this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in this case.” 2. In support of the assertions and allegations made in the writ petition, except producing xerox copies of the newspaper reports, the petitioner has not supported his allegations by producing any other evidence. Newspaper reports, at the most can be only a piece of evidence, and based on those W.P.(C) No.13897 of 2008 2 reports the petitioner cannot support his assertions and allegations made in the writ petition. The law on the point is now well settled by the decision of the apex Court in the case of Kushum Lata v. Union of India and others, (2006) 6 SCC 180. In that view of the matter, we decline to entertain this writ petition. Accordingly the writ petition is rejected. Ordered accordingly. (H.L.DATTU) CHIEF JUSTICE (M.C.HARI RANI) JUDGE vns