IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN WEDNESDAY, THE 13TH AUGUST 2008 / 22ND SRAVANA 1930 WP(C).No. 24488 of 2008(M) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ---------------- DHANALAKSHMI, W/O.CHANDRAN KALLAMARTHODIYIL HOUSE, KOONATHARA POST VIA., KAVALAPARA, OTTAPALAM TALUK PALAKKAD. BY ADV. SRI.H.BADARUDDIN SMT.AYSHA RAHMAN RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT FORESTS AND WILD LIFE DEPARTMENT(EFL) THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 2. CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF FORESTS(EFL) O/O.THE CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF FORESTS VAZHUTHAKAD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. CUSTODIAN OF FOREST AND WILD LIFE ARANYA BHAVAN, OLAVAKODE, PALAKKAD. BY SPL.GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI. RENJITH THAMPAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 13/08/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S. SIRI JAGAN, J. ------------------------------------ W.P.(C)No.24488 OF 2008 ---------------------------------------- Dated this the 13th day of August, 2008 JUDGMENT The petitioner's property has been notified as ecologically fragile land under the Kerala Forest (Vesting and Management of Ecologically Fragile Lands) Ordinance, 2000. The petitioner is stated to have filed Ext.P1 application under Section 19(3) of the Kerala Forest (Vesting and Management of Ecologically Fragile Lands) Act, 2003. The petitioner seeks a direction to dispose of Ext.P1 application expeditiously. 2. I have heard the learned Special Government Pleader (Forest) also. In the facts and circumstances of the case, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the custodian of the ecologically fragile lands, to consider and pass appropriate orders on Ext.P1, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within a period of six months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE Acd