IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC WEDNESDAY, THE 4TH FEBRUARY 2009 / 15TH MAGHA 1930 WP(C).No. 3776 of 2009(Y) ----------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): -------------------- 1. M.K.ABDUL JALEEL, MANIATTUKUDI HOUSE, VALAYANADU AMSOM, PANNIYANKARA P.O, KOZHIKODE DT. 2. MOHAMMED AHSRAF, MANIATTUKUDI HOUSE, VALAYANADU AMSOM, PANNIYANKARA P.O, KOZHIKODE DT. 3. ABDUL KHADER, MANIATTUKUDI HOUSE, VALAYANADU AMSOM, PANNIYANKARA P.O, KOZHIKODE DT. 4. SHAMSUDHEEN, MANIYATTUKUDI HOUSE, VALAYANAD AMSOM P.O, PANNIYANKARA, KOZHIKODE. (PETITIONERS 1, 3 AND 4 ARE REPRESENTED BY POWE OF ATTORNEY HOLDER SHRI.MOHAMMED ASHRAF, THE 2ND PETITIONER) BY ADV. SRI.K.MOHANAKANNAN SMT.A.R.PRAVITHA RESPONDENT(S): ---------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, FOREST AND WILD LIFE DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE CUSTODIAN OF ECOLOGICALLY FRAGILE LANDS & CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF FORESTS (ADMINISTRATION) VAZHUTHACAUD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE DIVISIONAL FOREST OFFICER, MANNARKKAD, PALAKKAD DISTRICT. ADDITIONAL AG SRI.RENJITH THAMPAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 04/02/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ANTONY DOMINIC, J. ============== W.P.(C) NO. 3776 OF 2009 (Y) ==================== Dated this the 4th day of February, 2009 J U D G M E N T The challenge in this writ petition is against Ext.P8 order passed by the 2nd respondent rejecting an application made by the petitioners under Section 19(1) of the Kerala Forest (Vesting and Management of Ecologically Fragile Lands) Act, 2003. 2. If the petitioners is aggrieved by the said order, the remedy available to the petitioners is to make an application in terms of Rule 3 of the Tribunal Rules, 2007. Since the effective alternate remedy is available to the petitioners, the writ petition is closed leaving it open to the petitioners to pursue that remedy. ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE Rp