IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN WEDNESDAY, THE 27TH MAY 2009 / 6TH JYAISHTA 1931 WP(C).No. 17397 of 2007(U) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------- NANDA BALAN, S/O WATA RAJAN NAIR, PULIYASSERI, PANAPARAMB, KODUTHIRAPALLY, PIRIYARI, PALAKKAD. BY ADV. SMT.P.K.RADHIKA RESPONDENTS: ----------------- 1. THE ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR MINING & GEOLOGY, PALAKKAD, REPRESENTED BY STATE OF KERALA. 2. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, PALAKKAD. 3. THE ADDITIONAL DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, PALAKKAD. 4. P.P.PATHUMMA, W/O A.K.SAITHALI, KALLEKKAL P.O., PIRIYANI VILLAGE, PALAKKAD. 5. KRISHNAN, S/O.VEERAPPA CHETTIYAR, PALAYAM HOUSE, KALLEKKAL HOUSE, PALAKKAD. 6. N.K.SIVA RAMAN, NOKKARA HOUSE, VARIKUNNAM, KANNANPARA, PALAKKAD. R1 TO R3 BY GOVT. PLEADER, SMT. N. SUDHA DEVI R6 BY ADV. SRI.K.R.RAGHUNATH THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 27/05/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: WPC : 17397/07 APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: EXT.P1 : TRUE COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION DATED 8.8.06. EXT.P2 : TRUE COPY OF THE QUARRIFYING PERMIT ISSUED IN FAVOUR OF 5TH RESPONDENT. EXT.P3 : TRUE COPY OF THE POSSESSION CERTIFICAE ISSUED IN FAVOUR OF THE 4TH RESPONDENT. EXT.P4 : TRUE COPY OF THE AGREEMENT. EXT.P5 : TRUE COPY OF THE LICENCE FOR ROCK BLASTING. EXT.P6 : TRUE OCPY OF THE PERMIT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EXPLOSIVES. /TRUE COPY/ PA TO JUDGE S. SIRI JAGAN, J. ------------------------------------------------- W.P.(C)No. 17397 OF 2007 ------------------------------------------------- Dated this the 27th day of May, 2009 JUDGMENT The petitioner has filed this writ petition challenging Ext.P2 permit issued by the Geologist, Palakkad for quarrying granite stones from certain properties, as also Ext.P6 communication from the Controller of Explosives, Ernakulam forwarding the short firers' permit to the 6th respondent. I am not inclined to go into the merits of the contentions of the petitioner in this writ petition in so far as Ext.P2 is for the period up to 25.07.05 and there is no interim order in this writ petition. As far as Ext.P6 is concerned it is issued as early as on 9.8.93 and it is too late in the day to challenge the same. In the above circumstances, the writ petition is dismissed. S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE ttb