IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN WEDNESDAY, THE 6TH AUGUST 2008 / 15TH SRAVANA 1930 WP(C).No. 13392 of 2008(T) -------------------------- PETITIONERS: --------------- 1. THE DISTRICT BAR ASSOCIATION, PATHANAMTHITTA,REG.NO.Q 304/78,REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY K.JYOTHI KUMAR,ADVOCATE, PATHANAMTHITTA. 2. GEORGE KOSHY,ADVOCATE,PRESIDENT DISTRICT BAR ASSOCIATION,PATHANAMTHITTA. 3. A.K.SATHEESH,ADVOCATE,TREASURER, DISTRICT BAR ASSOCIATION,PATHANAMTHITTA. BY ADV. SRI.V.PHILIP MATHEW RESPONDENTS: ------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY,DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, KERALA GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. SECRETARY,DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, KERALA GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. DIRECTOR OF CIVIL SUPPLIES, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 4. DISTRICT COLLECTOR,PATHANAMTHITTA. 5. PRESIDENT,CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL FORUM,PATHANAMTHITTA. 6. EXECUTIVE ENGINEER,BUILDINGS DIVISION, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT,PATHANAMTHITTA. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI. I.V. PRAMOD. SRI. MATHEW JACOB -SC THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 06/08/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S. SIRI JAGAN, J. ------------------------------------ W.P.(C)No.13392 OF 2008 ---------------------------------------- Dated this the 6th day of August, 2008 JUDGMENT The 1st petitioner is the District Bar Association, Pathanamthitta and petitioners 2 and 3 are the President and the Treasurer of the Association respectively. They are aggrieved by shifting of the office of the Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Pathanamthitta to a new building, which according to the petitioners is totally unsuitable for many reasons. Detailing their grievances, the petitioners have filed Ext.P5 representation before the Minister for Food and Civil Supplies. The petitioners seek a direction to the Government to consider and pass orders on Ext.P5 expeditiously. 2. I have heard the learned Government Pleader also. In the facts and circumstances of the case, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and pass appropriate orders on Ext.P5 as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within a period of three months from the date of receipt W.P.(c)No.13392/08 2 of a copy of this judgment. A representative of the petitioners shall also be afforded an opportunity of being heard before orders are passed. The petitioners shall forward a certified copy of this judgment along with a copy of the writ petition to the 1st respondent for compliance. S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE Acd W.P.(c)No.13392/08 3