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 TUESDAY, THE 28TH OCTOBER 2008 / 6TH KARTHIKA 1930 W.P.(C).No.25607 of 2007(S) --------------------------------------------------- PETITIONER:- --------------------- MALABAR DWEEP WELFARE CENTRE, REGD.NO.652/2001, REGISTERED UNDER THE SOCIETIES REGISTRATION ACT XXI OF 1860, "ZAM ZAM" , 36/501,KIZHEKKENARAKKAD, VENGERI P.O, CALICUT 673 010, REP.BY VICE PRESIDENT P.P.HAMZA, AGED 59 YEARS, S/O.S.P.AHMED, KIZHEKKENARAKKAD, VENGERI P.O, CALICUT - 673 010. BY ADV. SRI.MANJERI SUNDER RAJ SRI.B.PREMNATH (E) RESPONDENTS:- ------------------------- 1. UNION TERRITORY OF LAKSHADWEEP, REP.BY THE ADMINISTRATOR, LAKSHADWEEP ADMINISTRATION, KAVARATHI - 682 55, U.T OF LAKSHADWEEP. 2. UNION OF INDIA, REP.BY SECRETARY, MINISTRY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, GOVT.OF INDIA, NEW DELHI - 110 001. 3. THE PORT OFFICER, KAVARATHI - 682 55, U.T OF LAKSHADWEEP. 4. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF PORTS, WILLINGTON ISLAND, COCHIN - 682 003. R1, R3 & R4 BY STANDING COUNSEL SRI.P.R.RAMACHANDRA MENON. SRI.P.PARAMESWARAN NAIR,ASST.SOLICITOR FOR R1 & R2 ADV. SRI.SHAFIK M.ABDULKHADIR,SC,LAKSHADWEEP FOR R1 & 3 THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 28/10/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:- H.L.Dattu, C.J. & A.K.Basheer, J. ---------------------------------------------- W.P.(C).No.25607 of 2007-S ---------------------------------------------- Dated, this the 28th October, 2008 JUDGMENT H.L.Dattu,C.J. In this writ petition, filed as a public interest litigation, the petitioner-Society has sought the following reliefs: “(A) Writ of Mandamus directing the Respondents to assure adequate and required travel/transit/transport facilities to the Lakshadweep travelers especially during the monsoon season by taking appropriate steps to obviate and remove all existing problems concerning the same within a fixed time frame; (B) Writ of Mandamus directing the Union of India and the Lakshadweep Administration to order conduct of Vigilance Inquiry in the matter of purchase of the new ship as also rampant corruption in booking of travel tickets; and (C) to pass such other or further Writs or other such direction or orders as are in all the circumstances of the case deemed fit, just and necessary to restore sanity in public/civic life in the State of Kerala”. (2) Though the aforesaid reliefs were sought in the writ petition, at the time when the matter has come up for orders on 7.9.2007, the learned counsel for the petitioner has confined the writ petition only to the 1st prayer. W.P.(C).No.25607/2007-S - 2 - (3) Sri.P.R.Ramachandra Menon, learned counsel appearing for Lakshadweep Administration, would submit, on instructions, that, all efforts are made by the Lakshadweep Administration by providing adequate and required travel/transport facilities to the persons residing in Lakshadweep Islands with the main land. (4) We do not doubt the correctness or otherwise of the statement made by the learned counsel appearing for the Lakshadweep Administration. (5) In view of the statement made by the learned counsel appearing for the Lakshadweep Administration, in our view, the relief sought for in the writ petition has become redundant. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of as redundant/infructuous. Ordered accordingly. H.L.Dattu Chief Justice A.K.Basheer vku/- Judge