IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR TUESDAY, THE 22ND JUNE 2010 / 1ST ASHADHA 1932 WP(C).No. 17938 of 2010(N) -------------------------- PETITIONER: --------------- 1. BINU .B.,AGED 24,S/O.MATHAI BABU, BINU BHAVANAM,KANNANKUZHY P.O.,THAMARAKKULAM, CHARUMOOD,MAVELIKKARA,ALAPPUZHA. 2. NAVAS Y.,AGED 34,S/O.YOOSUF KUNJU, KOCHUVILAPARAMBIL, VENGARA, THODUYOOR NORTH P.O.,K ARUNAGAPPALLY, KOLLAM. 3. MATHAI BABU, AGED 50,S/O.MATHAI, BUNU BHAVANAM,.KANNANAKUZHY P.O.,THAMARAKKULAM, CHARUMOOD, MAVELIKKARA, ALAPPUZHA. BY ADV. SRI.C.G.RAJ KUMAR RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. THE STATE OF KERALA, RERESENTED BY THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, ALAPPUZHA. ADDL.R2: THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, ALAPPUZHA. (ADDL.R2 IMPLEADED AS PER ORDER DATED 22.6.2010 ON I.A.NO.7884/10 IN W.P. (C)No.17938/10) THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 22/06/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR,J. ------------------------------------- W.P.(C)No.17938 of 2010 --------------------------------- DATED THIS THE 22nd DAY OF JUNE, 2010 JUDGMENT The petitioners herein are aggrieved by the delay in disposal of the objections filed by them as per Exhibits P6, P8 and P10 before the District Collector, who has been impleaded as additional 2nd respondent as per order in I.A.No.7884/10. 2. Petitioners 1 and 2 are registered owners of vehicles bearing registration No.KL-31A-7980 and KL-23-5124. The 3rd petitioner is the person in custody of another vehicle bearing registration No.12 H 16848. These vehicles were seized on 13.3.2010 by the Sub Inspector of Police, Vallikunnam. Now proceedings have been initiated against the petitioners under the Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act, 2008. Seeking for appropriate orders in this matter, they have filed objections before the District Collector. It is pointed out that the vehicles are remaining idle and unless the orders are passed expeditiously, the same may put the petitioners in hardship. 3. Therefore, there will be a direction to the additional 2nd respondent-District Collector to pass final orders on the W.P.(C)No.17938/10 -2- objections filed by the petitioners as per Exhibits P6 to P10 within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment, after hearing the petitioners. The Writ Petition is disposed of as above. T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JUDGE. dsn