Kerala High Court
Kattappana Municipality, Represented ... vs State Of Kerala on 23 August, 2025
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WP(C) NO. 7927 OF 2018
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.M.MANOJ
SATURDAY, THE 23RD DAY OF AUGUST 2025 / 1ST BHADRA, 1947
WP(C) NO. 7927 OF 2018
PETITIONER:
THE KATTAPPANA MUNICIPALITY, REPRESENTED BY ITS
SECRETARY-IN-CHARGE
REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY-IN-CHARGE, MUNICIPAL
OFFICE,KATTAPPANA.
BY ADVS.
SRI.LIJI.J.VADAKEDOM
SMT.REXY ELIZABETH THOMAS
SRI.RAJEEV JYOTHISH GEORGE
SHRI.UNNIKRISHNAN.V.ALAPATT, SC, KATTAPPANA MUNICIPALITY
RESPONDENTS:
1 STATE OF KERALA
REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, ECONOMIC AND STATISTICS
DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.695001.
2 THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR-IDUKKI
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, IDUKKI,
IDUKKI DISTRICT.
3 THE TALUK STATISTICAL OFFICER
TALUK STATISTICAL OFFICE,UDUMBANCHOLA,KATTAPPANA PO.
4 THE DIRECTOR GENERAL
DIRECTORATE OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS VIKAS BHAVAN PO,
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 695033.
5 THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR
DISTRICT OFFICE ECONOMIC AND STATISTICS,IDUKKI, 2ND
FLOOR, MINI CIVIL STATION,NEW BLOCK, THODUPUZHA PO, PIN-
685584.
6 THE TAHSILDAR
UDUNMANCHOLA TALUK OFFICE, UDUMBANCHOLA ,
IDUKKI-685 508
OTHER PRESENT:
SRI.E.G.GORDEN,SENIOR GOVERNMENT PLEADER
THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON
23.08.2025, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
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JUDGMENT
This writ petition is filed challenging the proposed
shifting of the Taluk Statistical Office from Kattappana to
Nedumkandam.
2. It is now submitted by the learned counsel for the
petitioner-municipality that, as per the information received,
the Taluk Statistical Office is still functioning at Kattappana.
As of now, there is no subsisting grievance with respect to
the prayer sought in the writ petition.
Recording the above submission, the writ petition is
closed, reserving the liberty of the petitioner to file a fresh
petition, if it is required.
Sd/-
P.M.MANOJ
JUDGE
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WP(C) NO. 7927 OF 2018
APPENDIX OF WP(C) 7927/2018
PETITIONER EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT P1 THE COPY OF THE DECISION NO.1(1) DATED
25.5.2012 OF THE PETITIONER-MUNICIPALITY TO
HANDOVER THE LAND HAVING AN EXTENT OF 75.47
ARES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF MINI CIVIL
STATION.
EXHIBIT P2 THE COPY OF THE COMMUNICATION DATED
31.6.2016 ISSUED BY THE 4TH RESPONDENT -
DIRECTOR GENERAL ECONOMIC AND STATISTICS
DEPARTMENT TO THE 5TH RESPONDENT-DEPUTY
DIRECTOR PERMITTING THE SHIFTING OF TALUK
STATISTICAL OFFICE TO THE KATTAPPANA MINI
CIVIL STATION.
EXHIBIT P2(A) THE COPY OF THE COMMUNICATION NO.09/05
DATED 8.11.2017.
EXHIBIT 3 THE PHOTOCOPY OF THE DECISION DATED
20.6.2017 OF THE TALUK DEVELOPMENT MEETING
OF UDUMBANCHOLA TALUK.
EXHIBIT P4 THE COPY OF THE LETTER DATED NIL REFERRING
TO THE PROPOSAL OF THE TALUK DEVELOPMENT
MEETING ISSUED FROM THE OFFICE OF THE 1ST
RESPONDENT TO THE 2ND RESPONDENT.
EXHIBIT P5 THE COMMUNICATION DATED 31.10.2017 ISSUED
BY THE 3RD RESPONDENT TO THE 6TH
RESPONDENT.
EXHIBIT P6 THE COPY OF THE COMMUNICATION DATED
11.7.2017 ISSUED BY THE TALUK STATISTICAL
OFFICER.
EXHIBIT P7 THE COPY OF THE DECISION DATED 10.11.2017.
EXHIBIT P8 THE COPY OF THE ORDER NO.T4-1399/2015-DOI
DATED 21.2.2018 ISSUED BY THE 5TH
RESPONDENT DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
EXHIBIT P9 THE COPY OF THE COMMUNICATION DATED
22.2.2018 ISSUED BY THE 3RD RESPONDENT TO
THE 6TH RESPONDENT.
EXHIBIT P10 THE COPY OF THE DECISION NO.7 DATED
14.2.2018 OF THE PETITIONER-MUNICIPALITY.
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PA TO JUDGE
