IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN FRIDAY, THE 16TH JULY 2010 / 25TH ASHADHA 1932 WP(C).No. 16200 of 2010(Y) ---------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- ANBAZHAKAN, S/O.CHELLIAN, AGED 39 YEARS, HAILEYBURIA ESTATE, ELAPPARA VILLAGE, PEERUMADU TALUK, IDUKKI DISTRICT. BY ADV. MR.T.A.UNNIKRISHNAN MR.P.P.BIJU RESPONDENT(S): ------------------- 1. THE DEPUTY RANGER, FOREST STATION MURINJAPUZHA, ERUMELI RANGE, IDUKKI DISTRICT. 2. THE VILLAGE OFFICER, ELAPPARA, PEERUMEDU TALUK, IDUKKI DISTRICT. ADDLR3: THE FOREST RANGE OFFICER, RANGE OFFICE, ERUMELI. (IMPLEADED AS PER ORDER IN IA NO.9592/2010 DTD 16.7.2010) ADV. MR. P.M. POULOSE SPL. GOVERNMENT PLEADER(FOREST) FOR R1 & 2 THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 16/07/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: WP(C).No. 16200 of 2010 APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS EXT.P1: COPY OF THE COMMUNICATION DT 6/5/10 BETWEEN HAILYBARIA TEA ESTATE LTD. EXT.P2: COPY OF THE PERMISSION DT.14.5.2010 ISSUED BY R2. EXT.P3: COPY OF THE SEIZURE REPORT IN OR NO.4/2010 DT 14/5/2010. EXT.P4: COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY THE VILLAGE OFFICER ELAPP DTD 14/5/2010. EX.P5: COPY OF THE REQUEST SUBMITTED BY THE PETITIONER TO THE RANGE OFFICER ERUMELI DTD 24/6/2010. TRUE COPY PA TO JUDGE. S. SIRI JAGAN, J. ------------------------------ W.P.(C) No.16200 OF 2010 ------------------------------- Dated this the 16th day of July, 2010 J U D G M E N T This writ petition is filed by the petitioner raising a grievance that passes are not being issued by the forest authorities to cut and remove the trees purchased by the petitioner from a Tea Estate in Elappara. The petitioner has filed Ext.P5 application before the additional third respondent in this regard. For the present, the petitioner would be satisfied with a direction to the additional third respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P5 expeditiously. 2. I have heard the learned Government Pleader also. In the facts an circumstances of the case, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the additional third respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P5 as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment, after affording an opportunity of W.P.(c)No.16200/10 2 being heard to the petitioner. It would be open to the petitioner to rely on the reports stated to have been submitted by the second respondent to the additional third respondent. S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE acd W.P.(c)No.16200/10 3