IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR THURSDAY, THE 18TH SEPTEMBER 2008 / 27TH BHADRA 1930 OP.No. 18836 of 2002(P) ----------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ 1. K.P. PRABHAKARAN, AGED 49, PREVENTIVE OFFICER, EXCISE CIRCLE OFFICE, NILAMBUR, VANDOOR P.O., MALAPPURAM. 2. A.P. HARIHARAN, AGED 48, PREVENTIVE OFFICER, EXCISE RANGE OFFICER, TIRUR, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. 3. P. UNNIKRISHNAN, AGED 48, PREVENTIVE OFFICER, EXCISE RANGE OFFICER, PERINTHALMANNA. 4. S. MUHAMMED BASHEER, PREVENTIVE OFFICER, EXCISE CIRCLE OFFICE, PERINTHALMANNA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SMT.AYSHA YOUSEFF SMT.MOLLY JACOB SMT.RABIA BEEGAM T.K. SMT.C.I.MUMTHAZ SRI.T.K.M.SHARAFUDHEEN RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY (TAXES DEPARTMENT - EXCISE) SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. COMMISSIONER OF EXCISE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. JOINT EXCISE COMMISSIONER, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 4. THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF EXCISE, CIVIL STATION, MALAPPURAM. OP NO.18836/2002 * ADDL.R5. T.GEORGE, PREVENTIVE OFFICER, EXCISE RANGE OFFICE, KALIKAVU, VANDOOR.P.O., MALAPPURAM. *(IMPLEADED AS ADDITIONAL 5TH RESPONDENT AS PER ORDER DATED 28/02/2003 ON CMP NO.11988/03) BY SHRI.SHYJAN P.MANGUZHA, GOVERNMENT PLEADER THIS ORIGINAL PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 18/09/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: OP NO.18836/2002 ORDER ON CMP NOS. 32136/2002, 41684/2002, 51707/2002 & 899/2003 IN OP NO.18836/2002 DISMISSED. 18/09/2008 SD/- (K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR, JUDGE) //TRUE COPY// PA TO JUDGE. jg K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR, J. ------------------------- O.P. No. 18836 of 2002 --------------------------------- Dated, this the 18th day of September, 2008 J U D G M E N T In view of the Full Bench decision of this Court in Sugathan Vs. Shahul Hameed, reported in 2006(4) KLT 54, this writ petition has become infructuous. Accordingly, the same is dismissed. (K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR, JUDGE) jg