IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN WEDNESDAY, THE 27TH AUGUST 2008 / 5TH BHADRA 1930 WP(C).No. 25774 of 2008(R) ------------------------------------- PETITIONERS: ------------------- 1. JOSEPH JOHN MATHEW XXXII/588-A KALAPPAT LANE TOLL JUNCTION, EDAPALLY, COCHIN - 682 024 KERALA. 2. CINDY MICHELE WILCOX, 2182, BIDDLE ROAD, GALION OHIO, 44833, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, (NOW RESIDING AT EBENEZER HOUSE, TM(116/1048, VINPY NAGAR, PARAVATTANI, THRISSUR - 680 005). BY ADV. SRI.V.E.ABDUL GAFOOR SRI. MOHAMMED SAVAD.A RESPONDENTS: ---------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF LAW, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE REGISTRAR, REVENUE DIVISIONAL OFFICER, REVENUE DIVISIONAL OFFICE, FORT KOCHI, COCHIN. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI. I.V.PREMOD THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27/08/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S.SIRI JAGAN, J ================== W.P(C)No.25774 of 2008 ================== Dated this the 27th day of August, 2008. J U D G M E N T Petitioners intend to get their marriage solemnized and registered under the Cochin Christian Civil Marriage Act, 1095. But the 2nd respondent is refusing to accept Ext.P3 notice submitted by the petitioner under the Act. The petitioner therefore seeks a direction to the 2nd respondent to accept Ext.P3 notice and to solemnize and register their marriage in accordance with the Cochin Christian Civil Marriage Act. 2. I have heard the learned Government Pleader also. 3. It is a settled law that a resident of erstwhile Cochin area can still get his marriage registered under the Cochin Christian Civil Marriage Act. Therefore, I dispose of this writ petition with the following direction: The 2nd respondent shall accept Ext.P3 notice if re-submitted by the petitioners and process the same in accordance with the Cochin Christian Civil Marriage Act, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate within seven days from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. S.SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE rhs