IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR WEDNESDAY, THE 20TH OCTOBER 2010 / 28TH ASWINA 1932 WP(C).No. 20042 of 2010(E) -------------------------- PETITIONER: --------------- TOM MURICKUMMOOTIL S/O.JOHN M JOHN, MURICKUMMOOTTIL,CHENGANNUR. BY ADV. SRI.NAGARAJ NARAYANAN SRI.RAJAN VELLOTH SRI.SAIJO HASSAN SRI.A.S.SABU SRI.BENOJ C AUGUSTIN SRI.PRATHAP PILLAI SRI.RAFEEK. V.K. RESPONDENT(S): ------------------ 1. CHENGANNUR MUNICIPALITY CHANGANNUR, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. 2. CHIEF ENGINEER PWD. KERALA STATE TRANSPORT PROJECT (KSTP) KILLIPPALAM,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER KERALA WATER AUTHORITY, MAVELIKKARA. BY ADV.S.HARIKRISHNAN FOR R1 GOVT.PLEADER SHRI MANU FOR R2 SHRI M.DINESH FOR R3 THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 20/10/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: APPENDIX IN W.P.(C)No.20042/10 PETITIONER'S EXTS: EXT.P1: TRUE COPIES OF THE NEWS PAPER REPORTS PUBLISHED IN MATHRUBHOOMI DAILY DATED 21.5.2010, 26.5.2010, KERALA KAUMUDI FLASH DATED 24.5.2010 AND MALAYALA MANORAMA AND KERALA KAUMUDI DAILY DT.1.6.2010. EXT.P2: PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING THE WATER FLOODING IN CHENGANNUR TOWN. EXT.P3: TRUE COPYOF REPRESENTATION DT.14.5.2010 EXT.P4: TRUE COPY OF REPRESENTATION DT.10.6.10. EXT.P5: TRUE COPY OF REPRESENTATION DT.7.6.10. EXT.P6: TRUE COPY OF REPRESENTATION DT.8.6.10. EXT.P7: TRUE COPY OF REPRESENTATION DT.9.6.10. EXT.P8: TRUE COPY OF THE NEWS PAPER REPORT PUBLISHED IN MALAYALA MANORAMA DT.5.6.10. EXT.P9: TRUE COPY OF REPRESENTATION DT.9.6.10. TRUE COPY T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR,J. ------------------------------------- W.P.(C)No.20042 Of 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- DATED THIS THE 20th DAY OF OCTOBER, 2010 J U D G M E N T The petitioner is the former Chairman of the Chengannur Municipality and he is a social worker. In that capacity,he is involved in various activities, social, cultural and otherwise. 2. This Writ Petition was filed mainly for a direction to respondents 1 and 2 to ensure proper drainage in the M.C.Road Section passing through Chengannur Town especially Bethel Junction. The 3rd prayer in the Writ Petition is to direct the 1st respondent to ensure proper drainage and sanitation at the market of the 1st respondent and its surrounding places. At the time of filing of the Writ Petition, the work was going on; but in the absence of proper drainage facility, streets remained flooded with water, which had caused difficulties for the traders also. It is now submitted that major part of the work, namely under the KSTP Project has been completed and what remains is the connecting of the drainage maintained by the Municipality to the KSTP system. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted W.P.(C)No.20042/10 -2- that non-completion of the said work is causing difficulties to the members of the public and traders. It is also pointed out that the non-completion of the work is causing personal difficulties to the petitioner also as he is having two shop rooms in the main junction. 3. The learned counsel for the Municipality submitted that the remaining part of the work will be completed without delay so that the grievance, if any,of the petitioner will be redressed. 4. There will be a direction to the 1st respondent to complete the work, namely connecting drainage from the Market to the KSTP system of drainage, within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. The Writ Petition is disposed of as above. T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JUDGE. dsn