IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR MONDAY, THE 13TH DECEMBER 2010 / 22ND AGRAHAYANA 1932 WP(C).No. 2788 of 2008(F) ----------------------- PETITIONER : -------------------- PULIKKAL PATHUMMA, D/O.MARAKKAR HAJI, ANAPPARA HOUSE, UNNIKKULAM AMSOM, KANTHAPURAM DESOM, KOZHIKODE DISTRICT, PIN-673 574. BY ADV. SRI.P.CHANDRASEKHAR RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------- 1. THE TAHSILDAR, VYTHIRI, PIN-673 576. 2. THE VILLAGE OFFICER, KUNNATHIDAVAKA VILLAGE, WYANAD, PIN-673 76. R1 & R2 BY GOVT. PLEADER SMT. N. SUDHA DEVI THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 13/12/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: Mn ...2/- WP(C).No. 2788 of 2008(F) -2- APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: EXT.P1 : COPY OF REGISTERED SALE DEED DATED 22.11.1960 IN FAVOUR OF THE PETITIONER. EXT.P2 : COPY OF CERTIFIED EXTRACT OF BASIC TAX REGISTER IN RESPECT OF THE PETITIONER'S PROPERTIES ISSUED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT. EXT.P3 : COPY OF GO(RT)NO. 1106/05/R.D. DATED 23.2.2005. EXT.P4 : COPY OF PETITION DATED 26.2.2007 OF THE PETITIONER BEFORE THE 1ST RESPONDENT. RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS - NIL //TRUE COPY// P.A. TO JUDGE Mn T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J. ==================== W.P.(C) No.2788 OF 2008 ==================== Dated this the 13th day of December, 2010 JUDGMENT The petitioner herein seeks for a direction to the 2nd respondent to receive land tax in respect of the petitioner's properties in re sy. Nos.189/2, 189/4, 190/2, 194/4, 195/5, 196/1 and 216/3 of Kunnathidavaka Village, Vythiri Taluk. It is due from 2007 on wards. According to the petitioner, the petitioner purchased the property as per Ext.P1 sale deed and thereafter it has been mutated already. Ext.P2 is the copy of the extract of the Basic Tax Register issued to the petitioner by the second respondent. Reliance is placed on Ext.P3 Government order also. Since Village Officer is refusing to receive tax, petitioner approached the Tahsildar by filing Ext.P4 representation. The learned Government Pleader submitted that going by the report petitioner is not in possession and some of the survey numbers included in Ext.P1 are the additional survey numbers. I am not going into the merits of the contentions of the parties, since petitioner has already approached the Tahsildar. There will be a direction to the Tahsildar to conduct due enquiries with notice to petitioner and take a final decision in the matter and communicate the decision to the petitioner within a period of 2 W.P.(C) No.2788 OF 2008 2 months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. Writ petition s disposed of as above. No costs. (T.R. Ramachandran Nair, Judge.) mns