IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN WEDNESDAY, THE 29TH JULY 2009 / 7TH SRAVANA 1931 WP(C).No. 15361 of 2009(M) --------------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------- JOSEPH MATHILAKATH, S/O.SKARIYA, MATHILAKATH P.O. KARINGAD, VATAKARA, * POWER OF ATTORNEY HOLDER OF JOSEPH, IYYALIL, S/O. JOSEPH CHACKO, KODENCHERI AMSOM DESOM, KOZHIKODE. *ADDED AS PER ORDER DATED 29/07/2009 IN I.A. NO. 8107/2009. BY ADV. MR.ZUBAIR PULIKKOOL. RESPONDENTS: ------------------------ 1. SECRETARY, KAVILUMPARA GRAMA PANCHAYAT, VATAKARA TALUK. 2. PRESIDENT,KAVILUMPARA GRAMA PANCHAYAT, VATAKARA TALUK. BY THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 29/07/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: prv. THOTTATHIL B. RADHAKRISHNAN, J ........................................... WP(C).NO. 15361 OF 2009 ............................................ DATED THIS THE 29th DAY OF JULY, 2009 JUDGMENT Notice to respondents dispensed with, preserving their right to move for re-hearing of this writ petition, if aggrieved by the directions contained herein. 2. The complaint of the petitioner is that an application for building permit received by the respondents on 23.10.2008, for which Ext.P1 receipt has been issued, is yet to be considered. There is no reason for the first respondent to unduly delay the consideration of the building permit application. Law does not envisage such delay in these matters. 3. Under such circumstances, without expressing anything on merits, the first respondent is directed to take up the application of Joseph, referred to in first paragraph of the writ petition and decide on that application, of which Ext.P1 is the receipt and issue a decision at the earliest, at any rate, within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. THOTTATHIL B RADHAKRISHNAN, JUDGE lgk/30/7