IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR.H.L.DATTU & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.M.JOSEPH THURSDAY, THE 6TH MARCH 2008 / 16TH PHALGUNA 1929 WP(C).No. 7710 of 2008(S) ------------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------- E.K.HASSANKUTTY, S/O.MAYANKUTTY, AGED 62 YEARS, RESIDING AT LIYAS HOUSE, KEERTHY NAGAR ROAD, COCHIN-682 026. BY ADV. SRI.T.S.JOHN SRI.SIJU RAJAN RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS: ---------------------------------------------- 1. THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, ERNAKULAM. 3. THE TAHSILDAR, KANAYANNUR TALUK, ERNAKULAM. 4. M/S.H.M.T. (MACHINE TOOLS LTD., FORMERLY HMT LTD.), HMT COLONY.P.O., KALAMASSERY, ERNAKULAM, REPRESENTED BY ITS GENERAL MANAGER. 5. BLUE STAR REALTORS PRIVATE LTD., (HDIL) - HOUSING DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE LTD. DHEERAJ ARMA, 6TH FLOOR, ANANT KANEKAR MARG, STATION ROAD, BANDRA, MUMBAI, REPRESENTED BY ITS DIRECTOR. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER MR.M.P.SREEKRISHNAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 06/03/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: H.L.DATTU, C.J. & K.M.JOSEPH, J. ------------------------------------------ W.P.(C) No.7710 of 2008 ------------------------------------------ Dated, this the 6th day of March, 2008 JUDGMENT H.L.Dattu, C.J. Petitioner who claims to be a public spirited citizen is before us for the following reliefs: “(a) issue a writ of certiorari or other appropriate, writ, order, or direction calling for the records leading up to the original of Ext.P1 and quashing the same; (b) issue a writ of mandamus or other appropriate writ, order, or direction commanding respondents 1, 2 and 3 not to issue conveyance or mutation in respect of properties covered under the original of Ext.P1, and if the same has already been issued, to cancel the same at once; (c) declare that the fourth respondent HMT (Machine Tools) Private Limited had no authority to sell the property covered under Ext.P1 to the fifth respondent, Blue Star Realtons Private Ltd., (HDIL) Housing Development Infrastructure Ltd., Dheeraj Arma, 6th Floor, Anant Kanekar Marg, Station Road, Bandra, Mumbai, under Section 44A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1961 (Kerala), and (d) issue any other writ, order or direction this Honourable Court deems fit and proper in the particular facts and circumstances of the case.” 2. Similar petitions are already pending before this Court and they are all posted for hearing in the second week of March, 2008. W.P.(C) No.7710 of 2008 2 3. In that view of the matter, it may not be necessary to entertain this writ petition. Accordingly, we reject the writ petition. While doing so, we permit the petitioner to intervene in the matters which are already pending before this Court. Ordered accordingly. (H.L.DATTU) CHIEF JUSTICE (K.M.JOSEPH) JUDGE vns