IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN FRIDAY, THE 8TH JUNE 2007 / 18TH JYAISHTA 1929 WP(C).No. 17684 of 2007(E) -------------------------------- PETITIONERS: --------------- 1. RAJALAKSHMI NETHIARAMMA, D/O. KARTHIYANI NETHIARAMMA, RESIDING AT THEKKAY VEEDU, VANDAZHI, ALATHUR TALUK, PALAKKAD DISTRICT. 2. GOPINATHA MENON, S/O. KARTHIYANI NETHIARAMMA -DO- -DO-. BY ADV. SRI.JOHNSON P.JOHN SRI.BABY MATHEW RESPONDENTS: ----------------- 1. PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, FOREST & WILD LIFE DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. CONSERVATOR OF FOREST, OLAVACODE CIRCLE, PALAKKAD DISTRICT. 3. DIVISIONAL FOREST OFFICER, NEMMARA, PALAKKAD DISTRICT. BY GOVT. PLEADER SMT.ANU SIVARAMAN. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 08/06/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S.SIRI JAGAN, J. ------------------------------------------------ W.P(C) NO. 17684 OF 2007 - E ------------------------------------------------- Dated this the 8th day of June, 2007 J U D G M E N T The petitioners succeeded in M.F.A.Nos.1170/91 and 1190/91 of this Court which are appeals filed against judgments in O.A.Nos.119 and 120 of 1980 of the Forest Tribunal, Palakkad. By the judgment in those appeals, certain lands taken over by the respondents as vested private forests have been directed to be restored to the petitioners. The petitioners' complaint is that the said direction in the appeal has not been complied with yet. The petitioners seek a direction to restore the land to the petitioners. However, for the present, the petitioners would be satisfied with a direction to the second respondent to consider and pass appropriate orders on Ext.P3 expeditiously. 2. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioners as also the learned Government Pleader, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the second respondent to consider and pass appropriate orders on Ext.P3, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. The writ petition is disposed of with the above direction. S.SIRI JAGAN, Judge Mbs/