IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN WEDNESDAY, THE 30TH JULY 2008 / 8TH SRAVANA 1930 WP(C).No. 23014 of 2008(M) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ---------------- PANAMPUZHA MUHAMMED MUSTAFA, S/O.MOOSA HAJI, AGED 38 YEARS, MELMURI, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.BABU S. NAIR RESPONDENTS: ------------------ 1. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, MALAPPURAM. 2. THE TAHSILDAR, ERNAD TALUK, MANJERI, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI. I.V. PRAMOD THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30/07/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S. SIRI JAGAN, J. ------------------------------------ W.P.(C)No.23014 OF 200 ---------------------------------------- Dated this the 30th day of July, 2008 JUDGMENT The petitioner filed Ext.P1 application before the 1 st respondent seeking permission to convert certain wet land mentioned therein as dry land. The petitioner seeks expeditious disposal of the same. 2. I have heard the learned Government Pleader also. 3. I am of opinion that when an application under the Kerala Land Utilisation Order is filed by a party, the 1 st respondent has a duty to consider the same in accordance with law as it stands today. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the 1 st respondent to consider and pass appropriate orders on Ext.P1 as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. The petitioner shall forward a certified copy of this judgment along with a copy of the writ petition to the 1 st respondent for compliance. S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE Acd