Ajayachandran v. Kollam Municipal Corporation
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Kerala, Ernakulam; RP No. 449 of 2025 (Review Petition); decided 03.04.2025 by Ziyad Rahman A.A., J. Review against judgment in WP(C) No. 26071 of 2024, wherein the writ petition was dismissed as withdrawn and the liberty to file a fresh writ petition (sought in the petitioner's memo) was not granted. Held: dismissal as withdrawn is no bar to approaching the Court afresh on the same cause of action; review petition disposed of with that clarification. Parties: Ajayachandran v. Kollam Municipal Corporation, its Secretary, and Kerala Coastal Zone Management Authority. Keywords: review petition; withdrawal of writ petition; liberty to file fresh writ petition; same cause of action; clarification; modification.
What did the court decide?
Clarification that the dismissal of WP(C) No. 26071 of 2024 as withdrawn will not stand in the way of the petitioner approaching the High Court again on the same cause of action; review petition disposed of on that basis.