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Philip Mathew Vs State of Kerala — Writ and Judicial Review | Kerala HC (2016)

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Philip Mathew v. State of Kerala

Kerala HC5 Apr 2016WP(C)/34491/2009

Case brief

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What is this about?

The High Court of Kerala dismissed the writ petition as infructuous on 05-04-2016 without detailed reasoning.

What the court decided

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT:

THE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE ANU SIVARAMAN

TUESDAY, THE 5TH DAY OF APRIL 2016/16TH CHAITHRA, 1938

WP(C).No. 34491 of 2009 (F)

PETITIONER(S):

PHILIP MATHEW, AGED 46 YEARS, S/O.MATHEW, KOLADY HOUSE,, CHERUPUNKAL P.O., MEENACHIL TALUK,, PALA. BY ADVS. SRI.K.S.HARIHARAPUTHRAN SRI.M.D.SASIKUMARAN SRI.GEORGE MATHEW SRI.DIPU JAMES

RESPONDENT(S):

1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY, REVENUE, STATE SECRETARIAT,, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.

2. THE REVENUE DIVISIONAL OFFICER, PALA.

3. THE GEOLOGIST, DEPARTMENT OF MINING & GEOLOGY,, DISTRICT OFFICE, KOTTAYAM.

4. THE TAHSILDAR, MEENACHIL TALUK, PALA.

Parties & counsel

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petitioner
Philip Mathew
respondent
State of Kerala
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Revenue Divisional Officer, Pala
respondent
The Geologist
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The Tahsildar, Meenachil Taluk
respondent

Case details

As recorded by the court registry

Court: Kerala HC
Decided on: 5 Apr 2016 · April
Registered: 30 Nov 2009
Case no.: WP(C)/34491/2009

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Philip Mathew v. State of Kerala, WP(C)/34491/2009 (KL), decided on 5 April 2016.

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Anu Sivaraman

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Outcome

Dismissed

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the writ petition has become infructuous. Consequently, the Court dismissed the writ petition on that ground, without any further elaboration or analysis of the merits of the case.

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5. THE VILLAGE OFFICER, MEENACHIL, PALA. 6. THE DEPUTY CHIEF CONTROLLER OF EXPLOSIVES, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, PETROLEUM AND, EXPLOSIVES SAFETY ORGANISATION (PESO),, KENDRIYA BHAVAN, BLOCK NO.C2, 3RD FLOOR, CSEZ,, KAKKANAD, KOCHI-37. 7. KOZHUVANAL GRAMA PANCHAYATH REP. BY ITS SECRETARY,, KOZHUVANAL P.O., PALA. 8. P.I.JOSEPH, S/O.ISSAC, PARANKULANGARA, POOVARANIKARA,, MEENACHIL VILLAGE, PALA. 9. THRESSIAMMA, W/O.JOSEPH, PARANKULANGARA, POOVARANIKARA,, MEENACHIL VILLAGE, PALA. 10. PRAKASH, S/O.JOSEPH, PARANKULANGARA, POOVARANIKARA,, MEENACHIL VILLAGE, PALA. R, BY ADV. SHRI.A.K.JOHN, CGC R,R7 BY ADV. SRI.SUNIL CYRIAC, SC.KOZHUVANAL G.PANCH R,R8 TO R10 BY ADV. SRI.MATHEW JOHN (K) R,R8 TO R10 BY ADV. SRI.AJEESH K.SASI R6 BY ADV. SMT.KEERTHI SOLOMON, CGC R BY SRI.T.P.M.IBRAHIM KHAN,ASST.S.G OF INDI R1 TO R6 BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.BOBBY JOHN

THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 05-04-2016, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:

ANU SIVARAMAN, J.

W.P(C).No. 34491 of 2009

Dated this the 5^th April, 2016

JUDGMENT

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the writ petition has become infructuous. The submission is recorded and the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous.

ANU SIVARAMAN

JUDGE

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Village Officer, Meenachil

Coram

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Anu Sivaraman

CNR

KLHC010760762009

Topic

Writ and Judicial Review

Bench

Disposal

DISMISSED AS INFRUCTUOUS

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