IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PIUS C.KURIAKOSE THURSDAY, THE 10TH APRIL 2008 / 21ST CHAITHRA 1930 WP(C).No. 12538 of 2008(P) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ A.D. THANKAPPAN, AGED 45 YEARS S/O.DASAN, ASARIPARAMBIL HOUSE NERIYAMANGALAM P.O. BY ADV. SRI.PEEYUS A.KOTTAM RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. DISTRICT COLLECTOR, ERNAKULAM 2. KAVALANGAD GRAMA PANCHAYAT REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. 3. TAHSILDAR, KOTHAMANGALAM TALUK. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER, SRI K.J.MUHD.ANZAR THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 10/04/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: PIUS C.KURIAKOSE, J. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ W.P.(C).No.12538/2008-P ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Dated this the 10th day of April, 2008 J U D G M E N T I dispose of the writ petition relegating the petitioner to prefer an appeal before the first respondent District Collector under Section 30 of the Kerala Protection of River Banks and Regulation of Removal of Sand Act, 2001. If an appeal is preferred as directed above, the District Collector will consider the appeal and dispose of the same in accordance with law within the statutory time frame. PIUS C.KURIAKOSE, Judge ms