IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.SURENDRA MOHAN FRIDAY, THE 23RD APRIL 2010 / 3RD VAISAKHA 1932 WP(C).No. 13726 of 2010(M) --------------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------- JOSEPH JOHN MANJALY,S/O.LATE JOHN, MANJALY HOUSE, VARANTHARAPILLY POST, PROPRIETOR OF DALIYA CHIKCEN CENTRE, THRISSUR DISTRICT, KERALA. BY ADV. SRI.SHIBU PUDUSSERY. RESPONDENTS: ------------------------ 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY,SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. SECRETARY TO VARANTHARAPILLY GRAMA PANCHAYAT, VARANTHARAPILLY POST. 3. HEALTH INSPECTOR, PRIMARY HELATH CENTRE, KALAVARAKUNNU,VARANTHARAPILLY, VELUPPADAM POST, THRISSUR DISTRICT, KERALA. 4. DISTRICT MEDICAL OFFICER, NEAR ST.THOMAS COLLEGE,MANNUTHY ROAD, THRISSUR DISTRICT, KERALA. R1, R3 & R4 BY GOVT. PLEADER SMT. K.R. DEEPA. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 23/04/2010,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: prv. K. SURENDRA MOHAN, J. ------------------------------------------------------------ W.P(C) NO:13726 OF 2010 ----------------------------------------------------------- Dated this the 23rd April, 2010. JUDGMENT The petitioner is the Proprietor of Daliya Chicken Center at Varandrapilly Grama Panchayath. The petitioner had submitted Ext.P2 application for the issue of a sanitation licence. Exts.P7 and P8 are stated to be the reports submitted by the third respondent Health Inspector against him. Therefore, against the said report, the petitioner has submitted Ext.P11 before the District Medical Officer who is the fourth respondent in this writ petition. The petitioner complains that no orders have been passed on Ext.P11 till date. Therefore he prays for the issue of appropriate directions for an early disposal of Ext.P11. The Govt. Pleader has no objection to such a direction being issued. 2. In the above circumstances this writ petition is disposed of directing the fourth respondent to consider Ext.P11 representation submitted by the petitioner in accordance with law and to pass appropriate orders thereon as expeditiously as possible and at any rate, within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of a WPC 13726/2010 2 copy of this judgment after affording an opportunity of being heard the to the petitioner also. K. SURENDRA MOHAN Judge jj WPC 13726/2010 3