IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR.J.CHELAMESWAR & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.R.RAMACHANDRA MENON FRIDAY, THE 1ST OCTOBER 2010 / 9TH ASWINA 1932 WA.No. 1692 of 2010 --------------------- AGAINST THE JUDGEMENT IN WPC.17500/2010 Dated 19/08/2010 .................... APPELLANTS/PETITIONERS: ------------------------------ 1. K.C. JOHN, EXCISE PREVENTIVE OFFICER, EXCISE RANGE OFFICE, MATTANNUR. P.O. MATTANNUR, KANNUR DISTRICT. 2. M. SUDHAKARAN, EXCISE PREVENTIVE OFFICER, EXCISE RANGE OFFICE, KANNUR, KANNUR DISTRICT. 3. M.M. RAJU, EXCISE PREVENTIVE OFFICER, EXCISE RANGE OFFICE, PAPPINISSERI, P.O. PAPPINISSERI, KANNUR DISTRICT. 4. C.K. SURESH, EXCISE PREVENTIVE OFFICER, EXCISE OFFICE CHECK POST, NEW MAHE, P.O. NEW MAHE, KANNUR DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.KALEESWARAM RAJ RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS: ---------------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENT OF EXCISE, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE EXCISE COMMISSIONER, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. WA.No. 1692 of 2010 3. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF EXCISE, KANNUR. 4. ASSISTANT EXCISE COMMISSIONER, KANNUR. 5. PRASANTH P.R., KRISHNA LEELA, AKANALLOOR, OTTAPPALAM, PALAKKAD DISTRICT. R1 TO R4 BY SENIOR GOVT. PLEADER, SRI.BENNY GERVASIS. THIS WRIT APPEAL HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 01/10/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: J.Chelameswar, C.J. & P.R. Ramachandra Menon, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - W.A.No. 1692 OF 2010 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated this the 1st day of October, 2010 JUDGMENT J.Chelameswar, C.J. This is an appeal arising out of a common judgment dated 19.08.2010. Admittedly 14 writ petitions were disposed of by the abovementioned common judgment. Aggrieved by the same judgment, four of the writ petitioners therein had earlier approached this Court by way of W.A. Nos.1468, 1576, 1579 and 1589 of 2010 and those writ appeals were dismissed by a common judgment dated 17.09.2010 by a Division Bench of this Court. In the circumstances for the same reasons given by the Division Bench in its judgment dated 17.09.2010 (supra), this appeal is also dismissed. It is brought to our notice that some of the contentions raised in the other four appeals were not taken in the instant writ appeal but only one of the contentions raised in those writ appeals is raised in the instant appeal. We therefore make it clear that the reasons assigned in the other batch of WA No. 1692 of 2010 -:2:- four writ appeals which were dismissed by the abovementioned common judgment will apply in so far as they are relevant for the issue in the instant case. J.Chelameswar, Chief Justice. P.R. Ramachandra Menon, Judge. ttb