IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.T.SANKARAN FRIDAY, THE 25TH FEBRUARY 2011 / 6TH PHALGUNA 1932 OP(C).No. 160 of 2011(O) PETITIONER --------------------- FATHIMATH SUHARA, D/O.ABU HAJI, THAZHATHE PALLYALI HOUSE, PERUVALLUR AMSOM, TIRURANGADI TALUK, PARAMBIL PEEDIKA PO, 676 315, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.P.VENUGOPAL (1086/92) RESPONDENTS: --------------- 1. TAHSILDAR, LAND TRIBUNAL, TIRUR, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT-676 121. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY DISTRICT COLLECTOR, MALAPPURAM-676 001. ADDL.R3 IMPLEADED: 3. MANGALASSERI SANKARAN NAMBOODIRI, P.O.PERUVALLUR, KONDOTTY- VIA THIRUNANGADI TALUK, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT, PIN - 676 118. ADDL.R3 IS IMPLEADED AS PER ORDER DATED 20.1.2011 IN I.A.NO.891 OF 2011. THIS OP (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 25/02/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: K.T.SANKARAN, J. ------------------------------------------------------ O.P.(C). NO. 160 OF 2011 O ------------------------------------------------------ Dated this the 25th day of February, 2011 JUDGMENT The case of the petitioner is that she purchased an extent of 42.99 cents of land in Sy.No.39/1,2 of Peruvallur Village in Tirur Taluk, as per registered assignment deed No.4272/2006, Sub Registrar's Office, Thenhippalam. Suo motu proceedings were initiated under Section 72C of the Kerala Land Reforms Act as S.M.No.506 of 2007 before the Land Tribunal, Tirur in respect of that property showing the petitioner as the cultivating tenant and the third respondent as the land owner. The grievance of the petitioner is that though the S.M. Proceeding was initiated in 2007, it has not been disposed of yet. 2. The prayer in the Original Petition is to issue a direction to the Land Tribunal, Tirur to dispose of S.M.No.506 of 2007expeditiously. O.P.(C) NO.160 OF 2011 :: 2 :: 3. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader. 4. In the facts and circumstances of the case, there will be a direction to the Land Tribunal, Tirur to dispose of S.M.No.506 of 2007 pending before it, as expeditiously as possible, after affording an opportunity of being heard to the petitioner and the landowner, the third respondent. The Original Petition is disposed of as above. (K.T.SANKARAN) Judge ahz/