IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC TUESDAY, THE 8TH APRIL 2008 / 19TH CHAITHRA 1930 WP(C).No. 34950 of 2007(I) --------------------------------------- PETITIONER: -------------------- M/S.LAXMI CRANES & TRAILERS PVT.LTD KUNDANNOOR, MARADU P.O., KOCHI-682 304, REPRESENTED BY ITS PROPRIETOR, BHASI K. NAIR. BY ADV. SRI.SIBY MATHEW SRI.PHILIP J.VETTICKATTU RESPONDENT: ----------------------- MARADU SPECIAL GRAMA PANCHAYAT, MADARDU P.O., ERNAKULAM, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. BY ADV. SRI.S.CHANDRASENAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 08/04/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: Kss WPC.NO.34950/2007 I APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: EXT.P1: COPY OF BUILDING PERMIT DTD. 171/1/2006 ISSUED BY THE RESPONDENT TO THE PANCHAYAT. EXT.P2: COPY OF APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY THE PETITIONER TO THE RESPONDENT PANCHAYAT. EXT.P3: COPY OF COMPLETION CERTIFICATE SUBMITTED BY THE PETITIONER BEFORE THE PANCHAYAT COUNTER SIGNED BY THE ENGINEER. EXT.P4: COPY OF ORDER NO.A1(2)372/06-07 DTD. 29/10/2007 ISSUED BY THE PANCHAYAT. /TRUE COPY/ P.S.TO JUDGE Kss ANTONY DOMINIC, J. ------------------------------------ W.P.(C) 34950 of 2007 ------------------------------------- Dated: APRIL 8, 2008 JUDGMENT The grievance of the petitioner is against Ext.P4. 2. The petitioner submits that in a plot of land owned by it, they have constructed a watchman shed and approached the respondent panchayat to assign building number to the shed. That has been declined for want of production of sanction order under the Kerala Land Utilisation Order. 3. Even according to the panchayat, except non-production of the order under the Land Utilisation Order, petitioner has complied with all other requirements. Since the land in question has been shown as “nilam” in the Town Planning Map, they are insisting for the sanction of the Kerala Land Utilisation Order. As is evident from the records, the land in question is a garden land. It may be true that it has been shown in the Town Planning Map as “nilam”, but, however, in reality it is a garden land for the past several years and nobody has a case that any food crop was being WP(C) 34950/07 Page numbers grown in the land. In view of these facts, It is necessary that the panchayat considers the application of the petitioner for numbering the watchman shed. This shall be done as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within weeks of production of a copy of this judgment. Writ petition is disposed of as above. ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE mt/-