IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN SATURDAY, THE 20TH AUGUST 2011 / 29TH SRAVANA 1933 WP(C).No. 15431 of 2007(K) --------------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------- THE OTTAPPALAM PRIMARY CO-OPERATIVE AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT BANK LIMITED NO.P 621, OTTAPPALAM, PALAKKAD DISTRICT, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. BY ADVS. SRI.P.K.VIJAYAMOHANAN, SMT.RESMI G. NAIR. RESPONDENTS: ------------------------ 1. THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, REVENUE DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF KERALA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE REGISTRAR OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE JOINT REGISTRAR OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES(GENERAL), PALAKKAD. R1 TO R3 BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI. P.M. MANOJ. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 20/08/2011, ALONG WITH W.P.(C). NO. 15441 OF 2007 THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(C). NO.15431/2007-K: APPENDIX PETITIONERS' EXHIBITS: EXT.P.1: COPY OF THE SCHEME ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT VIDE G.O.(MS). NO.194/2004/REVENUE DTD. 09/06/2004. EXT.P.2: COPY OF THE ORDER G.O.(MS).NO.61/2005/REVENUE DTD. 01/03/2005 OF THE GOVERNMENT. EXT.P.3: COPY OF THE LETTER NO.52958/P3/04/REVENUE DTD. 25/04/2005 OF THE R.1. TO THE R.2. EXT.P.4: COPY OF THE LETTER NO. CG(2) 24497/2004 DT.D 02/05/2005 OF THE R.2. TO THE JOINT REGISTRAR (AUDIT), PALAKKAD. EXT.P.5: COPY OF THE ORDER NO.6795/2003/P1 DTD. 04/05/2007 OF THE R.3. TO THE PETITIONER. RESPONDENTS' EXHIBITS: NIL. //TRUE COPY// P.S. TO JUDGE. Prv. P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. ----------------------------------------- W.P(C).Nos.15431 & 15441 of 2007 ----------------------------------------- Dated this the 20th August, 2011 JUDGMENT These writ petitions are filed by Primary Co-operative Agricultural Development Banks challenging Ext.P5 order dated 4.5.2007 issued by the Joint Registrar of Co-operative Societies (General) Palakkad whereby the said officer directed the petitioner banks to refund the amounts paid to the banks by way of debt relief by the State Government in implementation of the Kerala Agricultural Debtors Temporary Relief Act, 2001. When the writ petition came up for hearing today Sri.P.M.Manoj, learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondents, submitted that the Government have, by letter dated 28.5.2011, withdrawn the directions issued by the Joint Registrar of Co-operative Societies to the petitioners, that the direction issued by the Joint Registrar now applies only to Kozhippara Service Co-operative Bank and that in such circumstances, the petitioners cannot have any subsisting grievance. W.P(C).Nos.15431 & 15441 of 2007 -:2:- I accordingly close the writ petitions as infructuous, recording the submission made by the learned Government Pleader on behalf of the respondents that Ext.P5 order has been withdrawn in so far as it relates to the petitioners. P.N.RAVINDRAN, Judge. ahg. P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. --------------------------- W.P(C).Nos.15431 & 15441 of 2007 ---------------------------- JUDGMENT 20th August, 2011