IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR.S.R.BANNURMATH & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A.K.BASHEER WEDNESDAY, THE 23RD DECEMBER 2009 / 2ND POUSHA 1931 WP(C).No. 34290 of 2009(S) ------------------------------------ PETITIONER: ------------------- K.R.RAMA VARMA THAMPURAN, S/O.LATE K.G.RAMA VARMA THAMPURAN, RESIDING AT KILIMANOOR PALACE, KILIMANOOR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SMT.ARCHANA NARAYANAN RESPONDENTS: ----------------------- 1. UTHRADOM THIRUNAL MARTHANDA VARMA, PATTOM PALACE, P.O.PATTOM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS, REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 4. DIRECTORATE OF MUSEUM AND ZOO, REPRESENTED BY DIRECTOR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 5. DIRECTORATE OF ARCHIVES, REPRESENTED BY DIRECTOR, NALANDA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 6. SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, MUSEUM POLICE STATION, CATT SUB DIVISION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 7. SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM CITY, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 8. DIRECTOR, CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, REPRESENTED BY STANDING COUNSEL. WP (C) No.34290 of 2009 - 2 - 9. UNION OF INDIA, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS, REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY, NEW DELHI. 10. ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY DIRECTOR, NEW DELHI. 11. DIRECTORATE OF ARCHAEOLOGY, REPRESENTED BY DIRECTOR, KERALA. R2 TO R7 BY SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER SMT.K.MEERA R8 BY ADV. SRI.M.V.S.NAMBOOTHIRY, SC, C.B.I. R9 & R10 BY SRI.T.P.M.IBRAHIM KHAN, ASST. SOLICITOR GENERAL THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 23/12/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S.R.Bannurmath, C.J. & A.K. Basheer, J. ------------------------------------------ W.P.(C) No.34290 of 2009 ------------------------------------------ Dated this the 23rd day of December, 2009 JUDGMENT A.K.Basheer, J. Smt.Archana Narayanan, learned counsel for the petitioner, seeks permission to withdraw this writ petition with liberty to file a more comprehensive writ petition. Permission is granted and the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. S.R.Bannurmath, Chief Justice A.K. Basheer, Judge vns