IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC MONDAY, THE 11TH FEBRUARY 2008 / 22ND MAGHA 1929 WP(C).No. 4915 of 2008(I) ------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ 1. M. MANI, VATTAMUKULEL HOUSE THELLAKAM P.O., KOTTAYAM. 2. LISSY MANI, VATTAMUKULEL HOUSE THELLAKAM P.O., KOTTAYAM. 3. SIMON MANI, VATTAMUKULEL HOUSE THELLAKAM P.O., KOTTAYAM. 4. JOSEPH C.JOSE, PUNNASSERIL HOUSE PIUS NAGAR, KANATHALLUR. 5. P.B. BABU, PAKKUPARAMBIL, KOVILKADAVU. BY ADV. SRI.P.P.JACOB RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. THE CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF FORESTS (E&TW) AND CUSTODIAN, ECOLOGICALLY FRAGILE LANDS TRIVANDRUM. 2. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY TO REVENUE, SECRETARIAT, TRIVANDRUM. R1 BY SPL.GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI M.P.PRAKASH R2 BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI I.V.PRAMOD THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 11/02/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ANTONY DOMINIC, J. ------------------------------------ W.P.(C) 4915 of 2008 ------------------------------------- Dated: February 11, 2008 JUDGMENT The challenge in this writ petition is against Ext.P9 order, a notification issued under the Kerala Forest (Vesting and Management of Ecologically Fragile Lands) Act 2003. If the petitioners are aggrieved by Ext.P9, a remedy has been provided by constituting a Tribunal under sec.10 of the said Act. In my view, there is absolutely no justification for the petitioners to avoid that statutory remedy. Without prejudice to the remedy so available, the writ petition is closed. ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE mt/-