IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN WEDNESDAY, THE 19TH NOVEMBER 2008 / 28TH KARTHIKA 1930 WP(C).No. 34105 of 2008(I) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- NADIRSHA, S/O.ISMAIL PARACKAL, PAMPUPARA PO., KADASSIKADAVU. BY ADV. SRI.P.CHANDY JOSEPH RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA 2. ASSISTANT EXCISE COMMISSIONER, EXCISE RANGE, THODUPUZHA. 3. ASSISTANT EXCISE INSPECTOR, EXCISE RANGE OFFICE, KATTAPPANA. 4. SUB INSPECTOR, EXCISE RANGE OFFICE, NEDUMKANDOM. GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI. K.V. MANOJ KUMAR. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 19/11/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S. SIRI JAGAN, J. ------------------------------------ W.P.(C)No.34105 OF 2008 ---------------------------------------- Dated this the 19th day of November, 2008 JUDGMENT The petitioner's vehicle has been seized on allegations of commission of an abkari offence using that vehicle. The seizure was on 25.9.2008. The petitioner claiming to be the owner of the vehicle submitted Ext.P2 application before the 2nd respondent for interim custody of the vehicle, pending further proceedings. The petitioner's grievance in this writ petition is that the same is not being considered by the 2nd respondent. The petitioner, therefore, seeks a direction to the 2nd respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P2 expeditiously. 2. I have heard the learned Government Pleader also. In the facts and circumstances of the case, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the 2nd respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P2 as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a W.P.(C)No.34105/2008 2 copy of this judgment. The petitioner shall forward a certified copy of this judgment along with a copy of the writ petition to the 2nd respondent for compliance. S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE Acd