IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR TUESDAY, THE 13TH JULY 2010 / 22ND ASHADHA 1932 WP(C).No. 19537 of 2010(N) -------------------------------- PETITIONER: -------------- MANOJ M.P, S/O.M.P.RAGHAVAN, POYILIL HOUSE, KAPPIL P.O, WANDOOR, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. BY MR.N.RAGHNATH, ADVOCATE. MR.JINU JOSEPH, ADVOCATE. RESPONDENTS: ------------------ 1. KERALA STATE DELIMITATION COMMISSION REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. KERALA STATE ELECTION COMMISSION, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, MALAPPURAM. 4. WANDOOR GRAMA PANCHAYATH REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, WANDOOR, MALAPPURAM. BY MR.MURALI PURUSHOTHAMAN, SC FOR R1 & R2. MR.K. RAMESH, GOVERNMENT PLEADER FOR R3. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 13/07/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J. --------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No.19537 OF 2010 --------------------------------------- Dated this the 13th day of July, 2010. J U D G M E N T The petitioner has approached this Court aggrieved by the delimitation of Ward No.23 of the Wandoor Grama Panchayath. The contention taken in the writ petition is that the inclusion of Kurumpayil Road as the eastern boundary in Ward No.23 does not tally with the geographical boundaries and thus the inclusion of 47 houses is also not justified. 2. This Court was informed by the learned Standing Counsel for the Delimitation Commission on 30.06.2010 that the issuance of final notification in respect of Wandoor Grama Panchayath has been deferred for enabling the Commission to verify the objection pointed out by the petitioner again. 3. The 1st respondent-Commission has filed a statement as well as an additional statement. In the additional statement filed W.P.(C) No.19537/2010 2 today, it is mentioned that a questionnaire was given to the Delimitation Commission and the Delimitation Commission on ascertaining the factual position from the Secretary of the Panchayath has answered the queries put to it. Details have been extracted in the statement itself. It is also mentioned that if 44 residential buildings now included in the proposed Ward No.XXIII is shifted to proposed Ward No.III and the boundaries are demarcated, then the population as well as the number of residential buildings will be as follows: Ward No. Assessed Number of Percentage of Population Residential Buildings Variation from Average --------------------------------------------------------------------- III 1690 472 (-) 0.085 XXIII 1625 454 (-) 12.01 4. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that if the said proposal is implemented, then there will not be any further grievance. Therefore, the Delimitation Commission will finalise the delimitation of Ward in terms of the revised proposal. Learned counsel for the petitioner further pointed out W.P.(C) No.19537/2010 3 that actually the number of residential building is 47 instead of 44. This aspect will be verified before final notification is issued. This writ petition is accordingly disposed of. T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR JUDGE smp