IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR FRIDAY, THE 30TH JULY 2010 / 8TH SRAVANA 1932 WP(C).No. 22098 of 2010(J) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LTD., REP.BY ITS DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER (NETWORK PLANNING DEVELOPMENT-1), MOBILE SERVICES, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.P.VIJAYAKUMAR, SC, BSNL RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. CORPORATION OF TRIVANDRUM, REP.BY SECRETARY, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. TOWN PLANNING OFFICER, CORPORATION OF TRIVANDRUM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. ADV. SRI.N.NANDAKUMARA MENON, SENIOR ADVOCATE FOR R1 & 2 SRI.P.K.MANOJKUMAR FOR R1 & 2 THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30/07/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: T.R. Ramachandran Nair, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - W.P.(C) No.22098 of 2010-J - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated this the 30th day of July, 2010. JUDGMENT The petitioner is seeking for a direction to the Corporation to expedite the hearing on the stop memo issued and to consider the application for building permit. The petitioner is a Central Government owned Corporation engaged in the service of land line as well as mobile telephone. They have been erecting mobile towers for the purpose of transmission. This writ petition concerns an application for erection of mobile tower submitted as per Ext.P1 which is numbered as BA/2830/05. It is submitted that when the construction of the tower was at the final stage, the second respondent issued a stop memo as per Ext.P2 which resulted in stopping of the work. It appears that there was a complaint raised by a third party which was disposed of by Ext.P3 order by the District Collector, finding that the circumstances shown in the complaint are not existing. Ext.P4 is an application submitted by the petitioner for the second time in respect of the original building permit application. 2. Learned Senior Counsel appearing for the Corporation submitted that the application will be considered and a decision will be communicated wpc 22098/2010 2 expeditiously. 3. Therefore, there will be a direction to the Secretary of the Corporation to take a decision on Ext.P4 application after hearing the petitioner, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. The petitioner will be free to produce all the documents including Ext.P3 before the Secretary of the Corporation. The writ petition is disposed of as above. No costs. (T.R. Ramachandran Nair, Judge.) kav/