IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC FRIDAY, THE 23RD NOVEMBER 2007 / 2ND AGRAHAYANA 1929 WP(C).No. 34612 of 2007(U) -------------------------- PETITIONERS: ------------ 1. M.K.ABDUL JALEEL, MANIATTUKUDI HOUSE, VALAYANADU AMSOM, PANNIYANKARA P.O., KOZHIKODE DISTRICT. 2. MOHAMMED ASHRAF, MANIATTUKUDI HOUSE, VALAYANADU AMSOM, PANNIYANKARA P.O., KOZHIKODE. 3. ABDUL KHADER, MANIATTUKUDI HOUSE, VALAYANADU AMSOM, PANNIYANKARA P.O., KOZHIKODE DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.N.N.SUGUNAPALAN (SR.) SRI.K.MOHANAKANNAN RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, FOREST & WILD LIFE DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE CUSTODIAN AND CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF ECONOLOGICALLY FRAGILE LANDS, VAZHUTHACAUD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE DIVISIONAL FOREST OFFICER, MANNARKKAD, PALAKKAD DISTRICT. BY G.P.SRI.I.V.PRAMOD THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 23/11/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: Antony Dominic, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - W.P.(C) No. 34612 of 2007 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated this the 23rd day of November, 2007 JUDGMENT By Ext.P4 the petitioners' property has been notified under the Kerala Forest (Vesting and Management of Ecologically Frgile Lands) Act, 2003 invoking the provisions contained under Section 19 of the said Act. The petitioners submit that they have filed Ext.P5 application seeking to re- notify the land invoking under section 19 of the Act. The prayer in this writ petition is for expeditious disposal of the said application. 2. Ext.P5, being a statutory application, I do not find any justification for the delay in considering the same. Therefore, taking into account the circumstances as stated by the petitioners, I dispose of the writ petition directing the 2nd respondent to consider Ext.P5 application and pass orders thereon with notice to the petitioners as early as possible and at any rate within six months from the date of receipt of copy of this judgment. 3. The petitioner shall produce a copy of this judgment before the 2nd respondent for compliance. Antony Dominic, Judge. mn.