IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
WP(C) No. 28211 of 2007(H)
1. MUHAMMED KUTTY,
... Petitioner
2. THAREEKUTTY,
3. KUNHALANKUTTY,
4. BASHEER,S/O. EANU,
5. SAKEER,
Vs
1. PATTAMBI GRAMA PANCHAYAT,
... Respondent
2. THE ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER,
3. THE PANCHAYAT COUNCIL,
For Petitioner :SRI.K.P.SUDHEER
For Respondent : No Appearance
The Hon'ble MR. Justice PIUS C.KURIAKOSE
Dated :24/09/2007
O R D E R
PIUS C. KURIAKOSE, J.
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Dated this the 24th day of September, 2007
JUDGMENT
The petitioners who are conducting meat stalls within the area of
1st respondent Panchayat being aggrieved by Exts.P5(a) to P5 (e)
orders canceling their licences on the basis of judgment of the Supreme
Court and instructions issued by the Pollution Control Board have
preferred Ext.P7(a) to P7 (e) appeals and stay petitions before the
Committee of Panchayat .
2. Their grievance is that the appeals and stay petitions ate not
being disposed of by the Panchayat. They have also raised grounds
challenging the cancellation orders also. They have a further grievance
that their applications for renewal of the licences are not being
considered. Sri.Sandheep Ankarath takes notice on behalf of the
Panchayat. Sri.M.K.Chandramohan Das, Standing Counsel takes notice
on behalf of 2nd respondent. In the nature of the decision which is being
decided, notice on 3rd respondent is not necessary.
The 3rd respondent will take up Exts.P7(a) to P7(e), appeals and
stay petitions, immediately and dispose of them after hearing the
petitioners or their representative at the earliest and at any rate within
two months of receiving copy of this judgment. Considering the urgency
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of the matter from the petitioners’ point of view the Council will take up
the stay petitions in the appeals preferred by the petitioners in the very
next meeting of the Council and pass orders after hearing the petitioners
on those stay petitions. Considering the above directions, the status
quo as obtaining today will be permitted to maintain till the meeting in
which the stay petitions are taken up by the Panchayat Council.
PIUS C. KURIAKOSE, JUDGE
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