IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR.H.L.DATTU & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.T.SANKARAN MONDAY, THE 11TH JUNE 2007 / 21ST JYAISHTA 1929 WP(C).No. 4388 of 2007(S) ------------------------- PETITIONER: --------------------- THE FRIENDS OF ENVIRONMENT, REGD. OFFICE AT XL1/3313, I.S. PRESS ROAD, ERNAKULAM, KOCHI-18, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, ADV.D.B.BINU. BY ADV. SRI.P.K.IBRAHIM SMT.K.P.AMBIKA RESPONDENTS: ---------------------- 1. THE KERALA STATE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD PATTOM P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, REPRESENTED BY ITS MEMBER SECRETARY. 2. THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. A.K. SURENDRAN, ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER, KERALA STATE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD, DISTRICT OFFICE, PALAKKAD. BY SHRI M.K. CHANDRA MOHAN DAS, SC, POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD. BY SR. GOVERNMENT PLEADER SHRI M.R. SABU. BY ADV. SRI.SAJEEV KUMAR K.GOPAL SRI.K.P.DANDAPANI (SR.) THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 11/06/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: H.L.DATTU, C.J. & K.T.SANKARAN,J. ---------------------------------------------------- W.P.(C). NO. 4388 OF 2007 ---------------------------------------------------- Dated this the 11th June, 2007 JUDGMENT H.L.DATTU, C.J. The Friends of Environment is the petitioner in this writ petition. The organization is meant to clean the society from corruption. In this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution, their request is to direct the first respondent in the writ petition to suspend the third respondent from service and to take disciplinary proceedings for the actions/inactions, omissions and commissions said to have been committed by him while in service. 2. Having heard Sri.P.K.Ibrahim, learned counsel for the petitioner and having gone through the material that is placed before us, we are of the firm opinion that this writ petition does not even have the characteristics of a public interest litigation. 3. Since we have come to the opinion that the petition so filed by the petitioner does not even have the characteristics of a public interest litigation, we do not intend to entertain this writ petition. W.P.(C). NO.4388 OF 2007 :: 2 :: Accordingly, the petition requires to be rejected and it is rejected. Ordered accordingly. (H.L.DATTU) Chief Justice (K.T.SANKARAN) Judge ahz/