IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.S.RADHAKRISHNAN & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.K.MOHANAN WEDNESDAY, THE 22ND AUGUST 2007 / 31ST SRAVANA 1929 WA.No. 1012 of 2007 ---------------------------- (AGAINST JUDGMENT DATED 28.2.2007 IN WP (C)NO.15266/2006) APPELLANT: 4TH RESPONDENT ---------------------------------------------- SATHEESH.P.K., EXCISE PREVENTIVE OFFICER, FORMERLY WORKING IN EXCISE RANGE OFFICE, RANNI, NOW WORKING IN EXCISE DIVISION OFFICE, PATHANAMTHITTA. BY ADV. SRI.S.P.ARAVINDAKSHAN PILLAY RESPONDENTS/PETITIONERS & RESPONDENTS 1 TO 3: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. V.GOPALAKRISHNAN NAIR, PREVENTIVE OFFICER, EXCISE ENFORCEMENT & ANTI NARCOTIC SPECIAL SQUAD, NANTHANCODE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. K.G.RAJENDRAKUMAR, PREVENTIVE OFFICER, EXCISE CIRCLE OFFICE, NEYYATTINKARA. 3. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TAXES, GOVERNMENT OF KERALA, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAURAM. 4. COMMISSIONER OF EXCISE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 5. JOINT EXCISE COMMISSIONER, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.THOMAS ABRAHAM R3 TO R5 BY SPECIAL GOVT. PLEADER MR.N.MANOJ KUMAR THIS WRIT APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 22/08/2007 ALONG WITH W.A.NO.1485/2007 & CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: V.K. BALI, C.J. & M.RAMACHANDRAN, J. ------------------------------- Cont.Case (C) Nos.29 & 33 of 2007 ------------------------------- Dated, this the 8th day of January, 2007 JUDGMENT V.K.Bali,C.J.(Oral) This Court vide order dated 14th July, 2006 in Cont. Case (C) No.1216 of 2004 and other connected matters, disposed of similar petitions on the basis of consensus arrived at between the parties and directions were issued. We dispose of these contempt cases also in terms of the directions contained in the order dated 14th July, 2006, with the modification that the respondents would pay the amount within a period of three months from today. V.K. BALI, CHIEF JUSTICE. M.RAMACHANDRAN, JUDGE. vns