IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN THURSDAY, THE 21ST MAY 2009 / 31ST VAISAKHA 1931 WP(C).No. 13101 of 2009(G) ---------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ------------------------ SHABJAN,AGED 46 YEARS,S/O.SULAIMAN KUNJU KARIKKUZHI VEEDU,MEYYANADU.PO,KOLLAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. MR.C.R.SIVAKUMAR RESPONDENT(S): ---------------------- 1. THE MAYYANAD GRAMA PANCHAYAT,REP.BY ITS SECRETARY MAYYANAD,KOLLAM. 2. THE SECRETARY (SPECIAL GRADE),MAYYANAD GRAMA PANCHAYATH, MAYYANAD,KOLLAM. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 21/05/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: THOTTATHIL B RADHAKRISHNAN, J ........................................... WP(C).NO. 13101 OF 2009 ............................................ DATED THIS THE 21ST DAY OF APRIL, 2009 JUDGMENT Notice to respondents is dispensed with, preserving their right to move for review of this judgment, if aggrieved. The petitioner is the licensee/lessee of five rooms belonging to the first respondent. He failed to pay the due fee/rent. Accordingly, he is facing recovery proceedings for the rent arrear with interest @ 18% per annum. Having argued the matter for some time, petitioner's learned counsel confined the submission to a request for an opportunity to pay off the entire outstandings within a period of one month. Noticing that there is no jurisdictional error or legal infirmity in the impugned proceedings, it is ordered that if the petitioner deposits an amount of Rs.50,000/- on or before 5.6.2009, and the entire remaining amounts under the impugned demand on or before 4th July, 2009, the distress action will be dropped. If the petitioner fails to WP(C) 13101/2009 2 remit any of the instalments as aforesaid, the benefit of this judgment will stand recalled automatically. The office will communicate a copy of this judgment to the first respondent. THOTTATHIL B RADHAKRISHNAN, JUDGE lgk/22/5