IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN TUESDAY, THE 20TH APRIL 2010 / 30TH CHAITHRA 1932 WP(C).No. 13301 of 2010(K) ---------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ------------------------ P.G. SADASIVAN, PALLIYIL HOUSE, ERATHU KULAKKADA, KALAYAPURAM VILLAGE, KOTTARAKKARA TALUK, KOLLAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.K.MADHUSOODHANAN NAIR RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------- 1. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, COLLECTORATE, KOLLAM. 2. SECRETARY, KULAKKADA GRAMA PANCHAYAT, KOTTARAKARA TALUK, KOLLAM DISTRICT. R1 BY GOVT. PLEADER MR.BASANT BALAJI. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 20/04/2010,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: rs. S.SIRI JAGAN, J. ........................................... W.P.(C)NO.13301 OF 2010 ............................................. Dated this the 20th day of April, 2010. J U D G M E N T Petitioner is a manufacturer of hollow bricks for which river sand is used as a raw material. Petitioner has to get river sand from the Kulakkada Grama Panchayat. According to the petitioner, although permits for sand are being issued on the basis of first come first served, that rule is not adhered to by the 2nd respondent. Seeking remedies in this regard, the petitioner has filed Ext.P1 representation before the 1st respondent. Petitioner seeks a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext. P1 expeditiously. 2. I have heard learned Government Pleader also. 3. In the facts and circumstances of this case, I dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P1 as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment after affording an opportunity of being heard to the petitioner as well as the 2nd respondent. S.SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE cl : 2 : : 3 :