IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR FRIDAY, THE 15TH JANUARY 2010 / 25TH POUSHA 1931 WP(C).No. 614 of 2010(B) ------------------------ PETITIONER(S): --------------- SAJITHA.K.A,W/O.ISMALIL.P.K, KALLINGAPPARAMBIL HOUSE,VADAKKETHARA,PAZHAYANNUR PANCHAYAT,TALAPPILLI TALUK,THRISSUR DISTRICT. BY MR.T.S.RADHAKRISHNA PILLAI, ADVOCATE MR.O.K.MURALEEDHARAN, ADVOCATE RESPONDENTS: ------------------ 1. THE STATE OF KERALA,REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT,FOOD,CIVIL SUPPLIES & CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT,GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE COMMISSIONER OF CIVIL SUPPLIES, COMMISSIONERATE OF CIVIL SUPPLIES, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR,THRISSUR. 4. DISTRICT SUPPLY OFFICER, THRISSUR. 5. THE TALUK SUPPLY OFFICER,THALAPPILLI. BY MR.P.NARAYANAN, GOVERNMENT PLEADER THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 15/01/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J. --------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No.614 OF 2010 --------------------------------------- Dated this the 15th day of January, 2010. J U D G M E N T The petitioner herein has approached this Court aggrieved by Exhibit P9 order wherein there is a direction to take steps to appoint a permanent licencee in respect of ARD No.289 of Thalappilli Taluk. 2. Pursuant to the notification issued on 21.01.2006 by the District Supply Officer, Thrissur, the petitioner and four others submitted applications. The petitioner was selected and appointed as per Exhibit P1 proceedings dated 15.05.2007. This was challenged by one of the applicants before the District Collector and by Exhibit P2, the appointment of the petitioner was cancelled and the matter was remanded for fresh disposal. 3. The petitioner challenged the same in revision before the Commissioner of Civil Supplies and the Commissioner of Civil Supplies by Exhibit P4 upheld the orders of the District Collector and challenging the same the petitioner filed a revision before the W.P.(C) No.614/2010 2 Government. It is averred that the District Supply Officer issued a fresh notification during the pendency of the revision petition which was challenged by the petitioner in W.P.(C) No.25329/2008 and this Court directed the revisional authority to pass orders on the same including the stay petition. Accordingly, the Government stayed the fresh notification. The Government dismissed the revision petition which was challenged in W.P.(C)No.37377/2008. By Exhibit P6, the matter was remanded to the District Supply Officer. Thereafter, the District Supply Officer passed a fresh order as per Exhibit P7 and the petitioner filed an appeal before the District Collector and the same was rejected as per Exhibit P8. Exhibit P9 is the order passed on a further revision filed by the petitioner before the Commissioner of Civil Supplies. 4. Aggrieved by the above orders, the petitioner has filed a revision petition as per Exhibit P10 before the Government. The petitioner seeks for expeditious disposal of the revision petition and for a direction to keep in abeyance the proceedings for appointing a fresh licencee. W.P.(C) No.614/2010 3 There will be a direction to the Government to take a decision on Exhibit P10 within a period of five months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. The same will be disposed of after hearing all the necessary parties. Till orders are passed on Exhibit P10, the present arrangement will continue. This writ petition is disposed of as above. T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR JUDGE smp