IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC TUESDAY, THE 2ND SEPTEMBER 2008 / 11TH BHADRA 1930 WP(C).No. 26551 of 2008(J) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ K.V. SIVANANDAN, AGED 53 YEARS, GOVT. CONTRACTOR, KURULI(H) PONNOOKKARA P.O. THRISSUR. BY ADV. SRI.K.I.SAGEER RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. THE SECRETARY, OLLUKKARA BLOCK PANCHAYAT, OLLUKKARA P.O, THRISSUR. 2. THE ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, OLLUKKARA BLOCK PANCHAYATH, OLLUKKARA P.O., THRISSUR. BY GOVT. PLEADER SMT. K.R. DEEPA THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION 02/09/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ANTONY DOMINIC, J ----------------------------------------------------------- W.P.(C).No.26551/2008 ----------------------------------------------------------- Dated this the 2nd day of September, 2008 JUDGMENT The petitioner submits that, for a work executed by him and for participating in a tender floated by the respondents, he had furnished Earnest Money Deposit for Rs.1 lakh each. According to the petitioner, though the first work was executed satisfactorily and the second work was not awarded to him, the deposits have not been released so far. It is praying for release of the Earnest Money Deposit thus made, he states of having filed Ext.P2 representation before the Secretary of the first respondent. In this writ petition what is sought for by the petitioner is a direction to the first respondent to pass orders on Ext.P2 expeditiously. If Ext.P2 has been received and is pending, necessarily it is for the first respondent to consider the same. Therefore, 2 without going on the merits of the claim raised by the petitioner and leaving it entirely for the first respondent to consider the same, I dispose of this writ petition directing that the first respondent shall pass orders on Ext.P2, as expeditiously as possible and at any rate within 2 weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of the judgment. Writ Petition is disposed of as above. ANTONY DOMINIC JUDGE vi. 3