Thanka vs Special Tahsildar, (L.R)
2021 Latest Caselaw 23188 Ker

               IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
                               PRESENT
          THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DEVAN RAMACHANDRAN
  WEDNESDAY, THE 24TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2021 / 3RD AGRAHAYANA, 1943
                       WP(C) NO. 26365 OF 2021
PETITIONER:

          THANKA, AGED 73 YEARS,
          W/O. LATE KUNJAN, VATTEKKATUPARAMBU, KUTHANUR,
          KUTHANUR-1 VILLAGE, ALATHUR, PALAKKAD.

          BY ADV. V.A.JOHNSON (VARIKKAPPALLIL)



RESPONDENTS:

          SPECIAL TAHSILDAR (L.R),
          OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TAHSILDAR (L.R),
          MINI CIVIL STATION, OTTAPALAM,
          PATTAMBI, PALAKKAD - 679 104.

          BY ADV.SMT.K.AMMINIKKUTTY, SR.GP


     THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON
24.11.2021, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
 WP(C) NO. 26365 OF 2021
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                               JUDGMENT

The petitioner, who is stated to be a senior

citizen of over 73 years in age, has approached

this Court alleging that, even though a suo motu

proceedings has been initiated against her by the

respondent - Special Tahsildar (Land Reforms) and

numbered as S.M.No.1055/2021, further action

thereon has not been completed until now. The

petitioner, therefore, prays that the respondent

be directed to do so and issue appropriate final

orders thereon, within a time frame to be fixed by

this Court.

2. In response, the learned Senior Government

Pleader - Smt.K.Amminikutty, submitted that, if

the suo motu proceedings are still pending against

the petitioner, the same can be disposed of by the

respondent, within a period of eight months,

taking note of the fact that she is a senior

citizen. She, therefore, prayed that this writ

petition be ordered only on such terms. WP(C) NO. 26365 OF 2021

3. When I consider the afore submissions, it

is ineluctable that if S.M.No.1055/2021 is still

pending against the petitioner, then it will

require to be disposed of by the respondent within

a period of eight months.

I am fixing the afore time frame, even

though, in similar matters, it has been fixed as

six months, because the suo motu proceedings in

this case has commenced only recently.

Resultantly, this writ petition is ordered,

directing the respondent to complete proceedings

in S.M.No.1055/2021, after following due procedure

and after affording necessary opportunity of being

heard to the petitioner - as also to any other

interested/affected persons - thus, culminating in

an apposite order thereon, as expeditiously as is

possible, but not later than eight months from the

date of receipt of a certified copy of this

judgment.

Sd/-

DEVAN RAMACHANDRAN akv JUDGE WP(C) NO. 26365 OF 2021

APPENDIX OF WP(C) 26365/2021

PETITIONER EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT P1 TRUE COPY OF THE RECEIPT ISSUED BY THE RESPONDENT DATED 10-11-2021

EXHIBIT P2 TRUE COPY OF THE AADHAR CARD NO.

233769602925 THE PETITIONER

RESPONDENT'S/S EXHIBITS : NIL.

//TRUE COPY// P.A. TO JUDGE