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Kanakarajan Vs State of Kerala — Writ and Judicial Review | Kerala HC (2010)

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Kanakarajan v. State of Kerala

Kerala HC15 Oct 2010WP(C)/8083/2010

Case brief

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What is this about?

Petitioner's writ petition was not pressed by counsel; court dismissed it accordingly.

What the court decided

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM

PRESENT :

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN

FRIDAY, THE 15TH OCTOBER 2010 / 23RD ASWINA 1932

WP(C).No. 8083 of 2010(I) --------------------------------

PETITIONER:

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KANAKARAJAN,S/O.KRISHNASWAMY,AGED 55 YRS WORKER GRADE II,BHAVANI BASIN SUB DIVISION (FORMERLY ATTAPPADI VALLEY IRRIGATION PROJECT), AGALI,PALAKKAD.

BY ADV. MR.JACOB SEBASTIAN

RESPONDENTS:

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1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVT.,WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT SECRETARIAT,TRIVANDRUM.

Parties & counsel

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petitioner
KANAKARAJAN
respondent
STATE OF KERALA

Coram

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S. SIRI JAGAN

Case details

As recorded by the court registry

Court: Kerala HC
Decided on: 15 Oct 2010 · October
Registered: 10 Mar 2010
Case no.: WP(C)/8083/2010

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Cite this judgement

Kanakarajan v. State of Kerala, WP(C)/8083/2010 (KL), decided on 15 October 2010.

The High Court of Kerala publishes no neutral citation for this judgement — cite it by case number and date of decision.

Bench / Coram

S. SIRI JAGAN

Parties & counsel

Outcome

Dismissed

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

A writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India was not actively pursued by the petitioner's counsel. Therefore, the High Court of Kerala dismissed the petition as not pressed without considering its merits.

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2. THE CHIEF ENGINEER,IRRIGATION AND ADMINISTRATION,TRIVANDRUM.

3. THE ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, BHAVANI BASIN SUB DIVISION (FORMERLY ATTAPPADI VALLEY IRRIGATION PROJECT),AGALI,PALAKKAD.

4. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER,BHAVANI BASIN SUB DIVISION(FORMERLY ATTAPPADI VALLEY IRRIGATION PROJECT),AGALI,PALAKKAD.

ADV. MR. P. NANDAKUMAR – GOVERNMENT PLEADER.

THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 15/10/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:

S. SIRI JAGAN, J.

W.P.(C) No.8083 OF 2010

Dated this the 15^th day of October, 2010

J U D G M E N T

The learned counsel for the petitioner has filed a memo to

the effect that the writ petition is not pressed.

Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as not pressed.

S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE

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CNR

KLHC010500622010

Topic

Writ and Judicial Review

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Disposal

DISMISSED AS NOT PRESSED

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