The High Court of Kerala held that Sections 166 and 222 of the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act do not authorize the auction of meat stalls. Relying on Rule 38 of the relevant Rules, the Court found the auction notice void and dismissed the appeals.
The writ appeals were dismissed; the auction notice quashed by the Single Judge was upheld.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT :
THE HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR.H.L.DATTU &
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.T.SANKARAN
MONDAY, THE 18TH JUNE 2007 / 28TH JYAISHTA 1929
WA.No. 1293 of 2004()
--------------------AGAINST THE JUDGEMENT IN WPC.12059/2004 Dated 15/06/2004
APPELLANT: RESPONDENT:
PERUVANANTHANAM GRAMA PANCHAYAT, PERUVANANTHANAM, IDUKKI, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY.
BY ADV. SRI.K.JAJU BABU SMT.M.U.VIJAYALAKSHMI
RESPONDENTS: PETIIONERS:
BY ADV. SRI.RENJITH THAMPAN
SRI.RENJITH THAMPAN
THIS WRIT APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 18/06/2007 ALONG WITH WA NO. 1329 OF 2004 , THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
H.L. DATTU, C.J. & K.T. SANKARAN, J.
---------------------------------------------------------- W.A.Nos.1293 & 1329 of 2004
Dated, this the 18th day of June, 2007
JUDGMENT
H.L. DATTU, CJ.
Since the issues involved in these two writ appeals are common, we clubbed them together and dispose of by this common order.
W.A.No.1329/2004
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Location of meat stalls .- (1) All meat stalls vending meat from animals slaughtered in slaughter house in a Panchayat shall be a place within the limit of that Village Panchayat area approved by the Panchayat.
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of the meat stalls in the village panchayat area. Therefore, they could not have ventured to auction the location of meat stalls in the village panchayat area.
In view of the above, the learned Single Judge was justified in granting the prayer sought for by the petitioners in the writ petition. Therefore, these writ appeals are dismissed. Ordered accordingly.
H.L. DATTU, CHIEF JUSTICE.
K.T. SANKARAN,
JUDGE.
mt/
2 issues framed by the court
Whether Sections 166 and 222 of the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 authorize a Grama Panchayat to allot meat stalls by auction.
Whether Rule 38 of the Kerala Panchayat Raj (Slaughter Houses and Meat Stalls) Rules, 1996 permits auctioning meat stall locations.
3 provisions across 2 enactments
Peruvanthanam Grama Panchayat
K.H. Shajahan
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H.L. Dattu
K.T. Sankaran
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