IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR WEDNESDAY, THE 16TH JUNE 2010 / 26TH JYAISTHA 1932 WP(C).No. 18782 of 2010(W) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- CHRISTUDASI, D/O.ELIZABETH, AGED 60 YEARS, ATTULINE HOUSE, PUTHIYATHURA P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. (MEMBER OF WARD NO.10, KARUMKULAM GRAMA PANCHAYAT). BY ADV. SRI.SANTHEEP ANKARATH SRI.V.C.MADHAVANKUTTY RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. KARUMKULAM GRAMA PANCHAYAT, REP.BY ITS SECRETARY, PUTHIYATHURA P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. KERALA STATE ELECTION COMMISSION THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, REP.BY ITS SECRETARY. 3. SECRETARY, BLOCK PANCHAYAT, ATHIYANNUR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 4. CICILY THRESIA, RESIDING AT SHOBHA NIVAS, PUTHIYATGHURA, PUTHIYATHURA P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-26 SHRI MURALI PURUSHOTHAMAN FOR R2 THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 16/06/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ W.P.(C). No.18782/2010-W ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dated this the 16th day of June, 2010 J U D G M E N T This writ petition is filed by the petitioner who is a voter of Ward No.10 of Karumkulam Grama Panchayat. It is pointed out that a meeting for considering the no- confidence motions against both the President and the Vice President is slated to be considered on 17/06/2010. Seeking for a direction to disqualify the fourth respondent herein from membership, the petitioner had moved the Election Commission. In these circumstances, this writ petition is filed seeking for a direction to the third respondent-Block Panchayat to postpone the meeting convened for considering the no-confidence motions. A further prayer is to direct the second respondent-Election Commission to consider and decide Ext.P1 within a short time. 2. The petitioner is only a voter in the first respondent-Panchayat. It is not the case of the petitioner that the fourth respondent has been ordered to be disqualified by any proceedings of the Election Commission as on today. Therefore, the petitioner cannot seek for a direction to the third respondent to postpone the meeting W.P.(C). No.18782/2010 -:2:- convened for considering the no-confidence motions. In that view of the matter, the writ petition is dismissed. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner then sought for a direction to the Election Commission to dispose of Ext.P1 within a stipulated time. It is upto the Election Commission to take a decision on the same expeditiously, after hearing all parties and in accordance with law. No costs. (T.R. Ramachandran Nair, Judge.) ms