IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR & THE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE M.C.HARI RANI WEDNESDAY, THE 25TH JUNE 2008 / 4TH ASHADHA 1930 WP(C).No. 16989 of 2008(V) -------------------------- PETITIONER: PETITIONER ---------------------- FATHIMAS BEEVI, W/O. BASHEER, AGED 56, KALATHIVILAYIL, KONNAMCODE MURI, ADOOR VILLAGE, ADOOR TALUK. BY ADV. SRI.AJITH MURALI RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS ------------------------ 1. THE CIRCLE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOZHENCHERRY, PATHANAMTHITTA DT. 2. THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, ARANMULA POLICE STATION, PATHANAMTHITTA DT. 3. THE ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, MINER IRRIGATION SUB DIVISION PATHANAMTHITTA, PATHANAMTHITTA DT. BY SR.GOVT.PLEADER SHRI BENJAMIN PAUL THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 25/06/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR & M.C.HARI RANI JJ. ----------------------------------------------------- W.P.(C)No.16989 OF 2008 ----------------------------------------------------- DATED THIS THE 25th DAY OF JUNE, 2008 J U D G M E N T Balakrishnan Nair, J. The petitioner has approached this Court alleging that when she attempted to lay concrete slabs across a canal, so that she will have access to 5 cents of land purchased by her in survey No.212/5A of Kozhencherry Village, the 2nd respondent obstructed the said work. The petitioner submits that she obtained permission from the Assistant Executive Engineer, Minor Irrigation Sub Division, Pathanamthitta for laying the R.C.C. slab across the Lift Irrigation canal. 2. The learned Government Pleader upon instructions submitted that earlier there was an attempt to open a road across the canal without any permission from the Assistant Executive Engineer and the police registered a crime against the then owner of the property. After the purchase of the property, the petitioner attempted to open a road to her property without the permission of the concerned Engineer. The police interfered. Now, she has W.P.(C)No.16989/08 -2- obtained permission from the Irrigation Department, as per Exhibit P1. The police will not interfere, if the work is done as allowed in Exhibit P1. The learned Government Pleader also submitted that police have no intention to harass the petitioner. The above submissions are recorded and the writ petition is disposed of. K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR,JUDGE. M.C.HARI RANI, JUDGE. dsn