IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PIUS C.KURIAKOSE FRIDAY, THE 3RD OCTOBER 2008 / 11TH ASWINA 1930 WP(C).No. 29207 of 2008(B) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- VASUDEVAN.V, AGED 64 YEARS, S/O.NARAYANAN NAMBOODHIRI, "SREE NARAYANEEYA VIHAR THIRUTHIYIL PARAMBA, GURUVAYOOR P.O., THRISSUR DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.C.P.SAJI RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. STATE KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, THRISSUR. 2. THE SPECIAL TAHSILDAR (LA), GURUVAYOOR DEWASOM BOARD, GURUVAYOOR. SHRI.P.K.RAVIKRISHNAN, GOVERNMENT PLEADER THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 03/10/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: PIUS C.KURIAKOSE, J. ------------------------- W.P.(C.) No.29207 of 2008 --------------------------------- Dated, this the 3rd day of October, 2008 J U D G M E N T On going through the writ petition and the prayers made therein, I feel that the only relief the petitioner can aspire is for a direction to the Land Acquisition Officer to consider Ext.P4 and take appropriate action. But as rightly submitted by the learned Government Pleader, Shri.P.K.Ravikrishnan, even as per the petition, the claim is submitted before the 2nd respondent only on 29/09/2008. According to the learned Government Pleader, it is possible that the award is already passed. Under the above circumstance, without going into the merits of the various grounds raised in the writ petition, I am inclined to dispose of the writ petition in the following terms:- The 2nd respondent will verify whether on 29/09/2008 itself, the petitioner has actually filed the original of Ext.P4 representation. If the verification reveals that Ext.P4 has been actually filed on that date, the Land Acquisition Officer, will further verify whether award has been passed in respect of the property covered by WP(C) No.29207/2008 -2- Ext.P4. If the said verification reveals that the award has not been passed, then he will take up Ext.P4 immediately and decision will be taken with notice to the petitioner and all parties, who according to the information of the 2nd respondent are interested in the property proposed to be acquired. The writ petition is disposed of as above. (PIUS C.KURIAKOSE, JUDGE) jg