IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC MONDAY, THE 22ND FEBRUARY 2010 / 3RD PHALGUNA 1931 WP(C).No. 3208 of 2010(A) ------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- AJI.K.K. AGED 42 YEARS,S/O.KAVALAN, KIDANGATH HOUSE, ARIYANKALA, CHALAKUDY. BY ADV. SRI.V.M.KRISHNAKUMAR SMT.P.A.ANITHA RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP.BY SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE DIRECTOR OF MUNICIPALITIES, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE CHIEF TOWN PLANNER, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 4. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, THRISUR. 5. THE LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER (LA) THRISSUR. 6. TAHSILDAR, TALUK OFFICE,MUKUNDAPURAM. 7. CHALAKUDY MUNICIPALITY, REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY, MUNICIPAL OFFICE, CHALAKUDY. SRI.M.P.ASHOK KUMAR,S.C,CHALAKUDY MUNICIPALITY MS.K.R.DEEPA, GOVERNMENT PLEADER THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 22/02/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ANTONY DOMINIC, J. ------------------------- W.P.(C.) No.3208 of 2010 (A) --------------------------------- Dated, this the 22nd day of February, 2010 J U D G M E N T The prayer sought in the writ petition is to quash Exts.P3 & P5, the land acquisition proceedings initiated for acquisition of land for the purpose of construction of a play ground. 2. Although various contentions have been raised by learned counsel for the petitioner, and the case was adjourned for the instructions of learned standing counsel for the respondent Municipality, the preliminary objection raised by the learned standing counsel for the Municipality is that the petitioner has no locus standi to maintain this writ petition. According to him, going by the averments in the writ petition itself, apart from the fact that the petitioner is a resident of the Chalakkudy Municipality, he is not in any way concerned with the acquisition in question or affected by the impugned proceedings. 3. Either in the proceedings, or during the course of the submissions made, could the counsel for the petitioner raise any WP(C) No.3208/2010 -2- plea that the properties belonging to the petitioner has been notified for acquisition or that he is in any manner affected by the acquisition. If that be so, the petitioner is not an aggrieved person to maintain the writ petition and for that reason, I am not inclined to entertain the writ petition. The writ petition fails and is accordingly dismissed. (ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE) jg