IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN TUESDAY, THE 10TH AUGUST 2010 / 19TH SRAVANA 1932 WP(C).No. 24888 of 2010(I) --------------------------------- PETITIONER: --------------- S.HARIDASAN NAIR, MUDUMBIL PUTEHN VEEDU,CHAKAI BEACH P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM BY ADV. MR.AJITH KRISHNAN RESPONDENT(S): ------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY SECREARY TO IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-PIN-695001. 2. EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, MINOR IRRIGATION DIVISION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-PIN-695 001. 3. SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER, MINOR IRRIGATION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM PIN-695001. ADV. MR. P. NARAYANAN – GOVERNMENT PLEADER. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 10/08/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S. SIRI JAGAN, J. ------------------------------ W.P.(C) No.24888 OF 2010 ------------------------------- Dated this the 10th day of August, 2010 J U D G M E N T The petitioner was awarded a work of providing covering slabs for drains near Pippinmoodu at Sasthamangalam in Trivandrum. According to the petitioner, the petitioner could not execute the work because of obstruction by the public to the work. By Ext.P5, the contract was terminated. But by Ext.P6, Ext.P5 was revoked. Even thereafter, the petitioner could not complete the work because of the obstruction from the public. Now by Ext.P8, the petitioner has been directed to complete the work on a war-footing. The petitioner now contends that if the petitioner carries out the work on the basis of the agreement executed in 2005, the petitioner would suffer huge loss. Therefore, the petitioner has filed Ext.P9 representation before the first respondent for revision of rates. The petitioner seeks a direction to the first respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P9 expeditiously. W.P.(c)No.24888/10 2 2. I have heard the learned Government Pleader also. In the facts and circumstances of the case, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the first respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P9 as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE acd W.P.(c)No.24888/10 3