IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT :- THE HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR.H.L.DATTU & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A.K.BASHEER FRIDAY, THE 24TH OCTOBER 2008 / 2ND KARTHIKA 1930 W.A.No.2085 of 2008 --------------------------------- AGAINST THE JUDGEMENT IN WP(C).29572/2008, DATED 15/10/2008 .................... APPELLANTS/PETITIONERS:- ----------------------------------------- 1. FR.DR.JOHNS ABRAHAM KONAT, PRIEST TRUSTEE, MALANKARA ORTHODOX SYRIAN CHURCH, KONATTU, PAMPAKUDA P.O, ERNAKULAM DIST. 2. DR.GEORGE JOSEPH, ASSOCIATION SECRETARY, CATHOLICATE OFFICE, DEVALOKAM, KOTTAYAM - 686 038. BY ADV. SRI.S.SREEKUMAR SRI.S.VAIDYANATHAN RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS:- ----------------------------------------------- 1. UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS, NEW DELHI. 2. STATE OF KERALA , REPRESENTED BY CHIEF SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, TRIVANDRUM. 3. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, POLICE HEAD QUARTERS, TRIVANDRUM. 4. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, ERNAKULAM. 5. THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, COCHIN CITY, ERNAKULAM. W.A.NO.2085/2008 -2- 6. THE JACOBAYA SURIYANI CHRISTIANI SABHA, PATRIARCH CENTRE, PUTHENCRUZ, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. 7. IGNATIUS ZAKA -I, PATRIARCH CENTRE, PUTHENCRUZ. R1 BY ASSISTANT SOLICITOR GENERAL OF INDIA SRI.P.PARAMESWARAN NAIR. R2 TO R5 BY SENIOR GOVERNMENT PLEADER SMT.K.MEERA. THIS WRIT APPEAL HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 24/10/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:- H.L.Dattu,C.J. & A.K.Basheer,J. ---------------------------------------------- W.A.No.2085 of 2008 ---------------------------------------------- Dated, this the 24th October, 2008 JUDGMENT H.L.Dattu,C.J. This Writ Appeal is directed against the orders passed by the learned Single Judge in W.P.(C).No.29572 of 2008 dated 15.10.2008. (2) By efflux of time, the prayers sought for by the appellants have become redundant/infructuous. Therefore, we dispose of this Writ Appeal, leaving open the crucial questions of law that the appellants have raised in the Writ Appeal to be agitated by them in appropriate proceedings. Ordered accordingly. H.L.Dattu Chief Justice A.K.Basheer Judge vku/-