IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR.J.CHELAMESWAR & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.R.RAMACHANDRA MENON THURSDAY, THE 23RD SEPTEMBER 2010 / 1ST ASWINA 1932 WA.No. 1088 of 2010() --------------------- AGAINST THE JUDGEMENT IN WPC.19008/2007 Dated 26/08/2009 .................... APPELLANT/ RESPONDENT NO.1 IN THE WPC ---------------------------------------- STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY THE SECRETARY TO FISHERIES & PORT DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER RESPONDENTS/ PETITIONER & RESPONDENTS 2 & 3 IN THE WPC ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. K.P.KALISTUS, KONNOTH HOUSE, A.P.XVII/14, VIJAYAMBIKA ROAD END, AROOR P.O., ALAPPUZHA, PIN-688 534. 2. THE KERALA STATE CO-OPERATIVE FEDERATION FOR FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT LTD.(MATSYAFED), KURAVANKONAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR. 3. THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, THE KERALA STATE CO-OPERATIVE FEDERATION FOR FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT LTD. (MATSYAFED), KURAVANKONAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. R1 BY ADV. SRI.K.R.KURUP BY ADV. SRI.C.R.SYAMKUMAR BY ADV. SRI.K.J.ABRAHAM BY ADV. SRI.LAVARAJ M.G. BY ADV, SRI.C.R.VINOD KUMAR R2 AND R3 BY ADV. SRI.SHYAM KRISHNAN, SC, MATSYAFED THIS WRIT APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 23/09/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: J. CHELAMESWAR, CJ & P.R. RAMACHANDRA MENON, J. .............................................................................. W.A. No. 1088 OF 2010 & C.M. APPLN. No. 539 OF 2010 ......................................................................... Dated this the 23rd September, 2010 J U D G M E N T J. Chelameswar, CJ. C.M. Appln. No. 539 OF 2010 This application is filed with the following prayers: “For the reasons stated in the accompanying affidavit, it is humbly prayed that this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to condone the delay of 244 days in filing the Writ Appeal against the judgment in W.P.(C) No.19008/2007.” 2. All the respondents have been served with notice. Accepting the reasons stated in the affidavit filed in support of the application, the delay is condoned. W.A.No. 1088 OF 2010: 3. This appeal arises out of the judgment in W.P.(C) No.19008 of 2007 dated 26.08.2009. Aggrieved by the said judgment one of the respondents in the above Writ Petition had W.A. No. 1088 OF 2010 2 earlier preferred W.A.No. 2929 of 2009 and the same was dismissed by judgment dated 20.01.2010. In the said circumstances, for the reasons stated in the above mentioned judgment, the instant appeal is also dismissed at the admission stage itself. J. CHELAMESWAR, CHIEF JUSTICE. P.R. RAMACHANDRA MENON, JUDGE. lk