IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR.H.L.DATTU & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARUN-UL-RASHID FRIDAY, THE 3RD AUGUST 2007 / 12TH SRAVANA 1929 WP(C).No. 23591 of 2007(S) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ PEOPLE'S COUNCIL SOCIAL JUSTICE, APPU SOUDHAM, VALANJAMBALAM, KOCHI-16, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, SRI JUSTICE K. JOHN MATHEW. BY ADV. SRI.DEVAN RAMACHANDRAN SMT.T.G.SEETHAL RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE CORPORATION OF KOCHI, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. 3. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, COLLECTORATE, ERNAKULAM. 4. THE CHIEF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER, KERALA STATE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD, PANAMPILLY NAGAR, KADAVANTHARA, KOCHI. 5. THE ANDHRA PRADESH TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION CENTRE, PLOT NO. 7, 1-11-252/9, 2nd FLOOR, REGAL HOUSE, MOTILAL NEHRU NAGAR, BEGUMPET, HYDRABAD-500 016. R4 BY STANDING COUNSEL (POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD) SRI CHANDRAMOHAN DAS. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 03/08/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: H.L. DATTU, C.J. & HARUN-UL-RASHID, J. ---------------------------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No. 23591 of 2007 ----------------------------------------------------------- Dated, this the 3rd day of August, 2007 JUDGMENT H.L. DATTU, CJ. Petitioner is People's Council for Social Justice, a society registered under the provisions of the Travancore-Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Act, 1955. The reliefs sought for in the writ petition are as under: “a) Issue a writ of mandamus or other appropriate writ, direction or order to the respondents to construct and complete the Solid Waste Disposal Plant at Brahmapuram in a time-bound manner and make it operational within the shortest time possible; b) Issue a writ of mandamus or such other appropriate writ, direction or order and direct the 2nd respondent to immediately make adequate arrangements for providing depots, receptacle and places for the deposit of filth, rubbish etc., as provided for under section 326 of the Act; c) Issue a writ of mandamus or such other appropriate writ, direction or order and direct the 2nd, 3rd and 4th respondents to take adequate and effective action to ensure that no garbage or rubbish is deposited by any one on any public street or public place other than at the places and depots and receptacles provided and identified for this purpose and to take stringent action against persons violating this as provided for under section 340 of the Act; and d) grant such other reliefs as may be prayed for by the petitioners in the facts and circumstances of this case.” WPC No.23591 of 2007 2 2. Similar petitions are already pending before this court and, in fact, we have passed several orders in those writ petitions. We do not intend to add one more writ petition for the same cause of action. In that view of the matter we decline to entertain this writ petition. Accordingly this writ petition is rejected. However, liberty is reserved to the petitioner to implead themselves, if they so desire, in W.P.(C) No.26304 of 2006. Ordered accordingly. H.L. DATTU, CHIEF JUSTICE. HARUN-UL-RASHID, JUDGE. mt/