IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC TUESDAY, THE 5TH AUGUST 2008 / 14TH SRAVANA 1930 WP(C).No. 22346 of 2008(I) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ 1. ANTHONY K.P., KARATHARAKARAN HOUSE PULLUR VILLAGE DESOM, MUKUNDAPURAM TALUK IRINJALAKUDA VIA, THRISSUR DISTRICT 2. GRETTY, W/O. ANTHONY,DO..DO.. BY ADV. SRI.T.N.MANOJ RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR THRISSUR. 2. MURIYAD GRAMA PANCHAYAT REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY. 3. THE VILLAGE OFFICER PULLUR VILLAGE OFFICE MURIYAD POST. BY SC FOR PANCHAYAT SRI. S.KRISHNA PRASAD BY GOVT. PLEADER SMT. K.R. DEEPA THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 05/08/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ANTONY DOMINIC, J ----------------------------------------------------------- W.P.(C).No.22346/2008 ----------------------------------------------------------- Dated this the 5th day of August, 2008 JUDGMENT Challenge in this writ petition is against Ext.P3, an order passed by the respondent Panchayat refusing to number the building constructed by the petitioner for the reason that in the revenue records, the land in question has been shown as a `Nilam'. Counsel for the petitioner refers to me Ext.P1, the possession certificate which shows that the land in question is described as a dry land. He is also referring to Ext.P4, a photograph of the building in question, which also show that several constructions have come up in the neighbourhood of the building. From these facts it is obvious that although the nomenclature used in the revenue records may be `Nilam', still the fact remains that the land in question is a fully reclaimed garden land. 2 2. If that be so, for the only reason that the land has been indicated as `Nilam' in the revenue records, it will not be fair to refuse to assign building number to the residential house constructed by the petitioner. 3. In view of the above, I dispose of this writ petition directing that the second respondent shall inspect the site where the building has been constructed by the petitioner and if he is satisfied that the land in question is actually a dry land as claimed by the petitioner, ignoring the nomenclature used in the revenue records, building number shall be assigned to the residential building constructed by the petitioner. In order to enable the second respondent to carry out the aforesaid direction, I quash Ext.P3. The aforesaid process shall be completed by the second respondent, at any rate within 4 weeks from the date of production of a copy of the judgment. ANTONY DOMINIC JUDGE vi. 3