IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC MONDAY, THE 10TH SEPTEMBER 2007 / 19TH BHADRA 1929 WP(C).No. 26612 of 2007(R) -------------------------- PETITIONERS: ---------------- 1. JOHNY JOBY ALAPPATT,ALAPPATT HOUSE, GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL LANE, KATTOOR P.O. THRISSUR-680 702. 2. ANINDITA JOBY,ALAPPATT HOUSE, GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL LANE, KATTOOR P.O. THRISSUR-680 702. BY ADV. SRI.K.MANOJ CHANDRAN SRI.P.R.AJITHKUMAR RESPONDENTS: ------------------ 1. STATE OF KERALA,REPRESENTED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY,SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE DISTRICT REGISTRAR AND THE DISTRICT MARRIAGE OFFICER,THRISSUR. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.I.V.PRAMOD THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 6/09/2007, THE COURT ON 10/09/2007 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ANTONY DOMINIC, J. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = W.P.(C) No. 26612 OF 2007 R = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated this the 10th September, 2007 J U D G M E N T The prayers in this writ petition are for directing the 2nd respondent to receive the petitioners' application for issuance of marriage certificate forthwith relaxing the provisions of Section 15(f) and 16 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954. The issue raised in the writ petition is already decided against them in the Division Bench decisions in Deepak Krishna v. District Registrar {2007 (3) KLT 570} and Vipin V. Rajan v. Sub Registrar {ILR 2007 (3) Kerala 452}. In the light of the aforesaid two binding judgments of the Division Bench, I do not find any merit in the contentions raised and the writ petition is dismissed. ANTONY DOMINIC JUDGE jan/-