IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.SURENDRA MOHAN WEDNESDAY, THE 18TH AUGUST 2010 / 27TH SRAVANA 1932 WP(C).No. 24750 of 2010(P) ------------------------------------ PETITIONER(S): ----------------------- YOUSUF.V., S/O.KUNJUMOHAMMED, VALLAVPPEDIACKAL, PONNANI, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. BY SRI.N.N.SUGUNAPALAN, SENIOR ADVOCATE BY ADVS. SRI.S.SUJIN SRI.NITA N.S. RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------- 1. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, MALAPPURAM. 2. THE SECRETARY, PONNANI MUNICIPALITY, PONNANI, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. 3. THE TAHSILDAR, PONNANI. 4. STATE OF KERALA- REPRESENTED BY CHIEF SECRETARY, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. R1, R3 & R4 BY GOVT. PLEADER SRI.K.S.MUHAMMED HASHIM THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 18/08/2010, ALONG WITH WP.(C) NOS. 16869 OF 2010 & 23344 OF 2010 THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: tss K.SURENDRA MOHAN, J. ----------------------------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No. 24750 of 2010 ----------------------------------------------------------- Dated this the 18th day of August, 2010 JUDGMENT The petitioner has filed this writ petition challenging the action of the District Collector in not permitting the workers of the petitioner's union to manually dredge sand from the two ferries (Kadavu) known as 'Karma' and 'Kanoli', in Ponnani. At the instance of the Revenue Divisional Officer, Tirur, a meeting of all interested parties were conducted on 7.8.2010, in which, the entire disputes have been settled. As per the terms of the said settlement, the Revenue Divisional Officer has agreed to recommend restoration of dredging of sand through the Kanoli and Karma ferries (Kadavu) in Ponnani. In view of the above settlement arrived at, it is submitted by the counsel for the petitioner that no further orders are required to be passed in this writ petition. This writ petition is accordingly permitted to be withdrawn in the light of the compromise referred to above. K.SURENDRA MOHAN, Judge css/