IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC THURSDAY, THE 10TH JULY 2008 / 19TH ASHADHA 1930 W.P(C).No. 19453 of 2008(N) ---------------------------------------- PETITIONER: ---------------- 1. RAMAN NAMBOOTHIRI, S/O. RAMAN NAMBOOTHIRI, NAKARNI MANAKKAL, KALLETTUMKARA VILLAGE & DESOM, MUKUNDAPURAM TALUK. 2. UNNIKRISHNAN.K.K, S/O. KOLATHUPARAMBIL HOUSE, MURIYAD VILLAGE AND DESOM, MUKUNDAPURAM TALUK. BY ADV. SRI.T.N.MANOJ RESPONDENTS: -------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, THRISSUR 2. MURIYAD GRAMA PANCHAYATH, REP. BY THE SECRETARY. 3. THE VILLAGE OFFICER, MURIYAD VILLAGE OFFICE, MURIYADY POST. BY GOVT. PLEADER, SMT. K.R. DEEPA ADV. SRI. P. NARAYANANKUTTY, SC FOR R2 THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 10/07/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ANTONY DOMINIC, J. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = W.P.(C) No. 19453 OF 2008 - N = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated this the 10th day of July 2008 J U D G M E N T The complaint of the petitioner is regarding the alleged refusal of the application for numbering the building constructed by the petitioner in a plot of land in Sy. No. 296/3 of Muriyad Village of Mukundapuram Taluk. 2. I heard the counsel for the Panchayat also. 3. According to the petitioner, the land is a fully developed garden land and that the only reason for the inaction on the part of the Panchayat is that it is shown as nilam in the revenue records. As is seen from the documents produced by the petitioner, it would appear that the reason stated in Ext. P3 for rejecting the petitioner's application is factually incorrect. 4. If as stated by the petitioner, and as seen from Ext. P4 photographs, the land is a fully developed garden land for the only reason that the nomenclature used in the revenue records is as nilam, the application should not have been rejected. W.P.(C) No.19453/2008 -2- 5. Therefore, quashing Ext. P3, this writ petition is disposed of directing that the Secretary of the 2nd respondent Panchayat shall conduct necessary inspection of the land where the building is constructed and if he is satisfied that the land in question is a garden land, the application of the petitioner for numbering the building shall be reconsidered, ignoring the nomenclature that is used in the revenue records. Petitioner shall produce a copy of this judgment before the 2nd respondent for compliance. ANTONY DOMINIC JUDGE jan/-