IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN TUESDAY, THE 27TH MAY 2008 / 6TH JYAISHTA 1930 WP(C).No. 11500 of 2008(R) -------------------------- PETITIONERS: ---------------- 1. P.V.JOSEPH, S/O.VARGHESE, PAMALAPUTHUPARAMBIL HOUSE, THRIKKODITHANAM VILLAGE, CHANGANACHERRY. 2. ANNAMMA, W/O.JOSEPH, PAMALAPUTHUPARAMBIL HOUSE, THRIKKODITHANAM VILLAGE, CHANGANACHERRY. BY ADV. SRI.M.P.MADHAVANKUTTY RESPONDENTS: ----------------- 1. THE REVENUE DIVISIONAL OFFICER, KOTTAYAM. 2. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, KOTTAYAM. 3. THE VILLAGE OFFICER, THRIKKODITHANAM, CHANGANACHERRY. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI. P.N. SANTHOSH THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 27/05/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: WP(C).No. 11500 of 2008 EXT.P1: COPY OF THE LAND TAX RECEIPT. EXT.P2: COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION DTD 26.2.2008 SUBMITTED BEFORE R1. EXT.P3: COPY OF THE ORDER DTD 4.2.2008 PASED BY R1. TRUE COPY PA TO JUDGE. S. SIRI JAGAN, J. ------------------------------------ W.P.(C)No.11500 OF 2008 ---------------------------------------- Dated this the 27th day of May, 2008 JUDGMENT The petitioners are challenging Ext.P3 by which an order of prohibition of removing sand from paddy lands and other marshy places in Kottayam, Changanassery and Kanjirappally Taluks within the jurisdiction of the Kottayam Revenue Division. The petitioners now submit that they would be satisfied with a direction to the 1 st respondent to consider and pass appropriate orders on Ext.P2 application expeditiously. 2. I have heard the learned Government Pleader also. In the facts and circumstances of the case, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the 1 st respondent to consider and pass appropriate orders on Ext.P2, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. The petitioners shall forward a certified copy of this judgment along with a copy of the writ petition to the 1 st respondent for compliance. S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE Acd