IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.BHAVADASAN TUESDAY, THE 14TH SEPTEMBER 2010 / 23RD BHADRA 1932 WP(C).No. 23289 of 2010(I) ------------------------- ------------ PETITIONER(S): ----------------------- TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, NANTHANCODE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. BY ADV. SRI.NAGARAJ NARAYANAN RESPONDENT(S): ---------------------- - 1. KERALA WATER AUTHORITY, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, KERALA WATER AUTHORITY, ALUVA. 3. THE DEPUTY TAHSILDAR (R.R), KOTHAMANGALAM. 4. THE VILLAGE OFFICER, VILLAGE OFFICE, THRIKKARIYOOR, KOTHAMANGALAM. R1 & R2 BY ADV. SMT.AMBIKA DEVI, SC, KWA THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 14/09/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: tss THOTTATHIL.B.RADHAKRISHNAN & P.BHAVADASAN, JJ. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WP(C) No.23289 of 2010-I ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dated 14th September 2010 Judgment Thottathil.B.Radhakrishnan, J. The Travancore Devaswom Board challenges certain demands made by the Kerala Water Authority and the revenue recovery steps taken on the basis of such demands. This Court, on 29.07.2010, passed the following interim order : “There will be stay against recovery for three weeks. Since connection was admittedly there and since the Water Authority itself concedes that disconnection was made in 2008, they should furnish details of water consumption for which the bill is raised now, with copies of the meter cards showing the readings taken periodically. If consumption is estimated based on average, the rationale behind it should be explained to this Court.” WPC 23289/10 2 No statement is filed by the Water Authority, in terms of the above direction. The Water Authority does not have any material to show any consumption during the relevant period and the basis of the bill amount has also not been disclosed. Hence we quash the impugned proceedings. The Writ Petition is ordered accordingly. THOTTATHIL.B.RADHAKRISHNAN, JUDGE P.BHAVADASAN, JUDGE sta WPC 23289/10 3