C.P.Basheer v. the District Geologist
Case brief
What is this about?
Transit permit; dealer's/dealers licence; mining dealer; exempted land; ceiling proceedings; refusal of licence on ground of exempted land untenable; District Geologist Department of Mining and Geology Kozhikode; Director of Mining and Geology Thiruvananthapuram; Tahasildar Thamarassery; Village Officer Kedavoor; reliance on Kinallur Rock Sand v. State of Kerala 2021 (2) KLT 351 (WPC 16760/2020); WPC 25883 of 2023; District Collector v. Sajith Lal 2023 KLT Online 1225 (WA 433/2023); direction to dispose application within one month; T.R. Ravi J.; Kerala High Court Ernakulam; decided 21.03.2025; 2025:KER:24541.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of directing the 1st respondent to consider and dispose of the petitioner's application for transit permit and dealers licence with due reference to Exts.P10 to P12 judgments, at the earliest and at any rate within one month from the date of receipt of a copy of the judgment; the petitioner to produce a copy of the writ petition along with a certified copy of the judgment before the 1st respondent for necessary compliance.