IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR MONDAY, THE 14TH JUNE 2010 / 24TH JYAISTHA 1932 WP(C).No. 18170 of 2010(U) -------------------------- PETITIONER: --------------- PASTOR THOMAS ABRAHAM, DISTRICT SECRETARY, INDIAN PENTECOSTAL CHURCH, MAVELIKKARA EAST. BY ADV. SRI.R.KRISHNA RAJ RESPONDENTS: --------------- 1. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, ALAPPUZHA. 2. VENMONY GRAMA PANCHAYATH, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. BY GOVT. PLEADER SMT. K.R.DEEPA THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 14/06/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR,J. ------------------------------------- W.P.(C)No.18170 of 2010 --------------------------------- DATED THIS THE 14th DAY OF JUNE, 2010 JUDGMENT The petitioner herein has filed this Writ Petition challenging conditions Nos.7 and 8 of the order passed by the District Collector under the Kerala Panchayat Raj (Burial and Burning Grounds)Rules 1998. It is pointed out that the said conditions cannot be supported in law. 2. The petitioner has got a remedy of filing an appeal under Rule 6(10) of the Kerala Panchayat Raj (Burial and Burning Grounds)Rules 1998. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner will file an appeal within one week. He seeks for an early disposal of the appeal. If the petitioner files an appeal within a period of one week from today, the same will be disposed of by the concerned Department of the Government, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of the appeal, after hearing the petitioner. The petitioner will produce a copy of the Writ Petition and a copy of this judgment along with the appeal filed. It will be open to the petitioner to seek appropriate interim orders from the W.P.(C)No.18170/10 -2- Government. The Writ Petition is disposed of as above. T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JUDGE. dsn