IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN TUESDAY, THE 13TH JANUARY 2009 / 23RD POUSHA 1930 WP(C).No. 1329 of 2009(G) ------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- VALIYA ERI PADASEKHARA SAMITHI, KANJIKODE, PALAKKAD DIST. REP. BY ITS SECRETARY V. CHAKRAPANI, S/O. VENKITACHALAM, AGED 55 YEARS, V.C.K. NIVAS, THANIZH THARA, KANJIKODE-678 626, PALAKKAD DIST. BY ADV. SRI.JACOB SEBASTIAN RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. THE UNION OF INDIA, REP BY SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS, RAIL BHAVAN, NEW DELHI. 2. THE INDIAN RAILWAY BOARD, REP. BY ITS CHAIRMAN, RAIL BHAVAN, NEW DELHI. 3. THE NODAL OFFICER OF THE PROPOSED INDIAN RAILWAY COACH FACTORY, KANJIKODE, OFFICE OF DISTRICT COLLECTOR, COLLECTORATE, PALAKKAD. 4. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, PALAKKAD. 5. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY SECRETARY TO GOVT., DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, SECRETARIAT, TRIVANDRUM. ADV. SRI.C.N.RADHAKRISHNAN FOR R1,2 GOVT. PLEADER SMT. K.R. DEEPA. SRI. N.B. SUNIL NATH, S.C. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 13/01/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S. Siri Jagan, J. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= W. P (C) No. 1329 of 2009 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Dated this, the 13th January, 2009. J U D G M E N T Petitioner is a Society registered under the Societies Registration Act, consisting of farmers of Valia Eri Padasekara Samithi. Their grievance is that their only water source and their paddy lands are being acquired for the purpose of establishment of a Coach factory, although large extent of barren lands are available to be acquired for the very same purpose. In this regard, the petitioner has submitted Ext. P4 representation before the 1st respondent through the Minister for Railways. The petitioner seeks a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and pass orders on the same expeditiously. 2. I have heard the standing counsel for the Railways also. In the facts and circumstances of the case, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext. P4, after affording an opportunity of being heard to the representative of the petitioner, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, before the site for acquisition is finalised. Sd/- S. Siri Jagan, Judge. Tds/ [True copy] P.S to Judge.