IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.R.RAMAN & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR THURSDAY, THE 23RD OCTOBER 2008 / 1ST KARTHIKA 1930 WP(C).No. 30163 of 2008(N) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- R.AYYAPPAN, S/O RAMASWAMY CHETTIYAR, PROPRIETOR, AIYYAPPA OIL MILLS, PAZHAKUTTY, NEDUMANGAD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.S.V.BALAKRISHNA IYER (SR.) SRI.R.MANOJ SRI.P.RAVEENDRAN PILLAI RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF DEVASWOM, GOVERNMENT OF KERALA, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE COMMISSIONER, TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, (SABARIMALA DEVASWOM), NANTHANCODE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. G.SETHU, S/O GOPINATHA PILLAI, RESIDING AT SREELAM, PANAYIL P.O., NOORANADU, MEVELIKKARA TALUK, ALLEPPY DISTRICT. ADV. SRI.K.RAMAKUMAR (SR.) FOR R3 SRI.T.RAMPRASAD UNNI FOR R3 SMT.SMITHA GEORGE FOR R3 GOVERNMENT PLEADER, SRI.R.LAKSHMI NARAYAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 23/10/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: P.R.Raman & T.R. Ramachandran Nair, JJ. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ W.P.(C).No.30163/2008-N ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dated this the 23rd day of October, 2008. J U D G M E N T Raman, J. Notice was ordered before admission on the allegation that the third respondent was blacklisted and a contract is being awarded to him for collecting the coconuts at Sabarimala by the Travancore Devaswom Board. Today, the Standing Counsel appearing on behalf of the Devaswom Board submits that the third respondent is not blacklisted. The third respondent has also filed a counter affidavit to that effect. No materials are produced to show that the third respondent is blacklisted. In such circumstances, the writ petition is dismissed. (P.R. Raman, Judge.) (T.R. Ramachandran Nair, Judge.) ms