IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN WEDNESDAY, THE 2ND JUNE 2010 / 12TH JYAISTHA 1932 WP(C).No. 32735 of 2009(J) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- ALIKUTTY, S/O.ABOOBACKER, KUNDILERI HOUSE, PERUMANNA, KOZHIKKODE DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.BABU S. NAIR RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, KOZHIKKODE. 2. THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, NALLALAM POLICE STATION, NALLALAM, KOZHIKKODE DISTRICT. GOVT. PLEADER SHRI.P.N.SANTHOSH THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 02/06/2010, ALONG WITH WPC NO. 32743 OF 2009 THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S.SIRI JAGAN, J. ================== W.P.(C).Nos.32735 & 32743 of 2009 ================== Dated this the 2nd day of June, 2010 J U D G M E N T In these two writ petitions, the petitioners are challenging final orders passed by the District Collector under the the Kerala Protection of River Banks and Regulation of Removal of Sand Act and Rules thereunder, directing the petitioners to pay an amount of Rs.75,000/- each as value of the vehicles seized towards the river management fund on a finding that the vehicles were used for illegal transport of river sand in violation of the Act and Rules. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the amounts have been paid as per the orders and the vehicles have been released and therefore the petitioners do not want to pursue these writ petitions further. The learned Government Pleader submits that the petitioners have unnecessarily drawn the respondents to this Court by filing these writ petitions by citing incorrect facts and therefore the respondents are entitled to costs. Having heard both sides, taking a lenient view, I close these writ petitions as infructuous on the basis of the submission made by the learned counsel for the petitioners. Sd/- sdk+ S.SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE ///True copy/// P.A. to Judge 2