IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN WEDNESDAY, THE 4TH JUNE 2008 / 14TH JYAISHTA 1930 WP(C).No. 16590 of 2008(Y) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------- M/S.VAYITRI PLANTATIONS LTD. REGISTERED OFFICE 472-473, K.K.NAGAR, MADURAI - 625 020. REPRESENTED BY ITS DIRECTOR, SHRI.ZAFAR SALIM. BY ADV. SRI.K.MOHANAKANNAN SMT.A.R.PRAVITHA RESPONDENTS: ---------------- 1. THE CUSTODIAN OF ECOLOGICALLY FRAGILE LAND/CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF FORESTS, VAZHUTHACAUD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE DIVISIONAL FOREST OFFICER, KALPATTA, WAYANAD DISTRICT. BY SPL. GOVT. PLEADER(FOREST), SRI.RENJITH THAMPAN. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 04/06/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S.SIRI JAGAN, J = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = W.P.(C).No. 16590 OF 2008 = = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated this the 4th day of June, 2008. J U D G M E N T The petitioners are aggrieved by action initiated by the respondents under the Kerala Forest(Vesting and Management of Ecologically Fragile Land) Act, 2003. Against such action the petitioner has filed Ext.P8 petition under Section 19(3) of the Act, before the 1st respondent. The petitioner now seeks a direction to the 1st respondent to consider Ext.P8 application expeditiously . 2. I have heard the learned Special Government Pleader (Forest) also. He would submit that 1st respondent would require at least six months' time to consider the application of the petitioner since there are a number of such petitions are pending before the 1st respondent. 3. After hearing both sides, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the 1st respondent to consider Ext.P8 application submitted by the petitioner under Section 19(3) of the Act, as expeditiously as possible at any rate within six months W.P.(C).No. 16590 OF 2008 2 from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment after complying with the procedure prescribed and affording an opportunity of being heard to the petitioner. The petitioner shall forward a certified copy of this judgment along with a copy of the writ petition to the 1st respondent for compliance. S.SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE bkn/-