IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR WEDNESDAY, THE 12TH SEPTEMBER 2007 / 21ST BHADRA 1929 WP(C).No. 14296 of 2007(B) -------------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------ SHIBU, AGED 26, S/O.SASI, PADIMOOTTIL VILA VEEDU, PERUMKUZHI P.O., AZHOOR VILLAGE, CHIRAYINKEEZHU TALUK, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.C.C.THOMAS RESPONDENTS: ----------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY (HOME), GOVT. SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, POTHENCODE POLICE STATION, POTHENCODE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE CIRCLE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KAZHAKKOOTTAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 4. THE DY. SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, ATTINGAL. 5. THE SUPDT. OF POLICE (RURAL), THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 6. THE ASST. EXCISE COMMISSIONER, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 7. DEEPU, S/O.SATHYADEVAN, PRASANA BHAVAAN, VAVARAMBALAM, POTHENCODE P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. Tga WP(C) NO: 14296/2007 8. RAJENDRAN, S/O.THANKAPPAN, AKSHAYA BHAVAN, VAVARAMBALAM, POTHENCODE P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. *9. THE DISTRICT COLLETOR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. *ADDL. R9 IS IMPLEADED AS PER ORDER DATED 11/05/2007 IN IA NO. 6253/2007. BY ADV. SRI.SUMAN CHAKRAVARTHY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI. P.A.SALIM THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 12/09/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: WP(C) NO: 14296/2007 B APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS EXT.P1. COPY OF THE TODDY SHOP LICENSE NO. 68/07-08 IN RESPECT OF TODDY SHOP NO. 12/07-08 BY THE ASST. EXCISE COMMISSIONER. EXT.P2. COPY OF THE PETITION DT. 26/4/2007 BEFORE THE R2 WITH COPIES TO R3 TO R5. RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS NIL. True copy tga K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR & T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JJ. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Writ Petition (C) No.14296 of 2007-B -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Judgment Balakrishnan Nair, J. The petitioner moved this Court for police protection to run TS No.12/07- 08 of Kazhakoottam Excise Range. This Court on 11.05.2007, issued an interim order in favour of the petitioner. In view of the said interim order, no further orders are required in this Writ Petition and it is accordingly disposed of, maintaining the interim order. If respondents 7 and 8 are aggrieved by Ext.P1 licence, they can seek reliefs before the statutory authorities. In that event, those authorities will be free to consider their grievance on merits, uninfluenced by this Judgment. The interim order will remain in force, only as long as Ext.P1 licence remains in force. K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR,JUDGE 12.09.2007 T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JUDGE sta