IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC MONDAY, THE 26TH NOVEMBER 2007 / 5TH AGRAHAYANA 1929 WP(C).No. 34814 of 2007(T) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ HAMZA HAJEE, S/O.KUNHIMAMMU HAJEE, PAREKKOTT HOUSE, VATTAMANNAPURAM P.O., MANNARKKAD TALUK, PALAKKAD DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.N.N.SUGUNAPALAN (SR.) SRI.K.MOHANAKANNAN RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, FOREST & WILD LIFE DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE CUSTODIAN AND CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF ECONOLOGICALLY FRAGILE LANDS, VAZHUTHACAUD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE DIVISIONAL FOREST OFFICER, MANNARKKAD, PALAKKAD DISTRICT. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI. BENJAMIN PAUL THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 26/11/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ANTONY DOMINIC, J ------------------- W.P.(C).34814/2007 -------------------- Dated this the 26th day of November, 2007 JUDGMENT Aggrieved by Ext.P4 notification issued under the Kerala Forest (Vesting & Management of Ecologically Fragile Land) of Act, 2003, petitioner has filed Ext.P6 application before the second respondent invoking his power under Section 19 of the said Act, seeking to de- notify the petitioner's land. The complaint in this writ petition is regarding the inordinate delay in the disposal of Ext.P6. 2. Taking into account the fact that Ext.P6 application is pending and that the same is statutory in nature, I dispose of this writ petition directing the second respondent to take up and consider Ext.P6 with notice to the petitioner as expeditiously as possible at any rate within six months on production of a copy of this judgment. ANTONY DOMINIC Judge mrcs