IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC MONDAY, THE 4TH JULY 2011 / 13TH ASHADHA 1933 WP(C).No. 17927 of 2011(M) -------------------- PETITIONER : --------------------- EBRAHIM HAJI, S/O.KUNHAMMED, AGED 54 YEARS, RAMSHAD MAHAL HOUSE, VELOM POST, PERUVAYAL, KUTTIADI VIA, KOZHIKODE DISTRICT. BY ADVS. SRI. N. SHANOJ SRI.C.MOHAMMED HABEEB SRI.FRINSO MATHEW SRI.C.I.RIYAD RESPONDENT : ----------------------- THE TAHSILDAR, VATAKARA P.O., VADAKARA, KOZHIKODE - 673 101. BY GOVT. PLEADER SRI. P.N. SANTHOSH THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 04/07/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: Mn ...2/- WP(C).No. 17927 of 2011(M) APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: EXT.P1 : COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 11-7-2010 PASSED BY THE LEARNED DISTRICT COLLECTOR, KOZHIKODE. EXT.P2 : COPY OF THE SAND PERMIT DATED 17.3.2010 ISSUED IN FAVOUR OF NASAR THEKOOL. EXT.P3 : COPY OF SALE NOTICE DATED 4-2-2011 ISSUED BY THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, KOZHIKODE. RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS - NIL //TRUE COPY// P.S. TO JUDGE Mn ANTONY DOMINIC, J. ---------------------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No. 17927 OF 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- Dated this the 4th day of July, 2011 J U D G M E N T Petitioner claims to be the owner of the vehicle bearing Reg.No.KL-18C/1982. Proceedings were initiated against the vehicle under the provisions of Kerala Protection of River Banks and Regulation of Removal of Sand Act, 2001. Those proceedings culminated in Ext.P1 order passed by the District Collector dated 11.7.2010. Petitioner did not comply with the said order. Now Ext.P3 auction notice has been issued. It is thereupon this writ petition is filed, seeking to quash Ext.P1 order. 2. As already stated Ext.P1 order was passed as early as on 11.7.2010. There is no satisfactory explanation regarding the inordinate W.P.(C) No. 17927 OF 2011 :2 : and culpable delay in challenging Ext.P1 order. Therefore the writ petition deserves to be dismissed for delay and laches on the part of the petitioner and I do so. ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE ul/-