IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR TUESDAY, THE 25TH SEPTEMBER 2007 / 3RD ASWINA 1929 WP(C).No. 17602 of 2007(U) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ N. BABURAJAN, S/O. NARAYANAN, AGED 52 YEARS, MUKALUVILA VEEDU, DECENT JUNCTION, VETTILATHAZHOM, THRIKKOVILVATTOM, KOLLAM. BY ADV. SRI.P.B.SURESH KUMAR SRI.LEO GEORGE RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE ASSISTANT EXCISE COMMISSIONER, KOLLAM 3. THE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, KOLLAM. 4. THE CIRCLE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOLLAM WEST, KOLLAM. 5. THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOLLAM WEST, KOLLAM. 6. BEENA, PALLIPADINJATTATHIL, THIRUMULLAVARAM, KOLLAM. 7. MOLY, PALLIPADINJATTATHIL, THIRUMULLAVARAM, KOLLAM. 8. GRACY, PALLIPADINJATTATHIL, THIRUMULLAVARAM, KOLLAM. BY GOVT. PLEADER, SRI.SALIM.P.A. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 25/09/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: JP WP(C).No. 17602/2007/U -2- APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: EXT. P1: COPY OF THE LICENCE ISSUED BY THE SECOND RESPONDENT TO THE PETITIONER AND ANOTHER DATED 4/6/2007. EXT. P2: COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION SUBMITTED BY THE PETITIONER TO THE THIRD RESPONDENT DATED 5/6/2007. /TRUE COPY/ P.A. TO JUDGE JP K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR & T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JJ. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Writ Petition (C) No.17602 of 2007-U -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Judgment Balakrishnan Nair, J. The petitioner has approached this Court, seeking police protection to run a toddy shop, for which, he has got Ext.P1 licence. This Court passed an interim order on 08.06.2007, directing the Police to remove the physical obstruction caused to the running of the shop. The learned Government Pleader upon instruction, submitted that the dispute regarding the running of the shop has been settled at a conference convened by the Police and the shop started functioning from 11.06.2007. In view of the above submissions, no further orders are required in this Writ Petition and it is accordingly closed. If respondents 6 and 7 are aggrieved by the grant of licence to the petitioner, they may move the statutory authorities for appropriate reliefs. K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR,JUDGE 25.09.2007 T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JUDGE 2 sta