IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN TUESDAY, THE 19TH JUNE 2007 / 29TH JYAISHTA 1929 WP(C).No. 18606 of 2007(M) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ M.P.GEORGE, S/O LATE M.P.PAUL, AGED 68 YEARS, METTAKKAT HOUSE, C.P.UMMER ROAD, ERNAKULAM, KOCHI-35. BY ADV. SRI.R.PREMCHAND SMT.DILSHA PREMCHAND RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT, COLLECTORATE, CIVIL STATION, KAKKANAD, ERNAKULAM. 2. GOPALA SHENOY, S/O DAMODARA SHENOY, DAMODARA NIVAS, T.D.ROAD, KOVILAVATTOM DESOM, ERNAKULAM. BY G.P. SHRI.I.V.PRAMOD. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 19/06/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S.SIRI JAGAN, J. ================================= W.P.(C).No.18606 of 2007 ================================== Dated this the 19th day of June, 2007 J U D G M E N T Aggrieved by the order of the Settlement Officer under the Kerala Service Inam Lands (Vesting & Enfranchisement) Act, 1981, petitioner filed Ext.P4 appeal before the 1st respondent. The petitioner seeks a direction to the 1st respondent to consider the said appeal expeditiously, since the appeal was filed as early as on 12.2.2007. 2. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as also the learned Government Pleader. 3. In the facts and circumstances of the case, there would be a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and pass appropriate orders on Ext.P4 appeal after affording an opportunity of being heard to the petitioner, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. Writ petition is disposed of as above. Sd/- sdk+ S.SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE ///True copy/// P.A. to Judge. 2