IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.SASIDHARAN NAMBIAR THURSDAY, THE 2ND SEPTEMBER 2010 / 11TH BHADRA 1932 WP(C).No. 27198 of 2010(Q) ---------------------------------- CRL.MP. NO.2180/2010 IN CC. NO.52/2010 OF JUDICIAL FIRST CLASS MAGISTRATE COURT, PARAVUR. ............. PETITIONER(S): ----------------------- SANTHA DEVI, AMBALATHUM VEEDU, KOTTAPPURAM CHERRY, KOTTAPPURAM VILLAGE, PARAVOOR, KOLLAM DISTRICT. BY ADVS. SRI.SHABU SREEDHARAN SRI.C.K.PRASAD RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------- STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, PARAVOOR POLICE STATION, KOLLAM THROUGH THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY GOVT. PLEADER SMT.M.K.PUSHPALATHA THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 02/09/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: tss M.Sasidharan Nambiar, J. -------------------------- W.P.(C)No.27198 of 2010 Q -------------------------- JUDGMENT Petitioner is the first accused in C.C.No.52/2010 on the file of Judicial First Class Magistrate's Court, Paravoor, Kollam, taken cognizance for the offences under Section 5(a) of Kerala Rationing Order read with Sections 3 and 7 of Essential Commodities Act. This petition is filed under Article 227 of Constitution of India for a writ of mandamus directing the learned Magistrate to dispose Crl.M.P.No.2180/2010 within a time frame contending that it is pending for the last more than three months. 2. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned Government Pleader were heard. 3. Judicial First Class Magistrate, Paravoor, Kollam is directed to dispose Crl.M.P.No.2180/2010 in C.C.No.52/2010 in accordance with law expeditiously. Petition is disposed. 2nd September, 2010 (M.Sasidharan Nambiar, Judge) tkv