IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
WP(C).No. 16157 of 2010(T)
1. C.B.GOPAKUMAR, AGED 31 YEARS,
... Petitioner
Vs
1. RAMDAS, S/O.RAMACHANDRAN, THACHOTH HOUSE
... Respondent
2. DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, EXCISE,
3. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY
For Petitioner :SRI.V.M.KRISHNAKUMAR
For Respondent : No Appearance
The Hon'ble MR. Justice K.SURENDRA MOHAN
Dated :02/06/2010
O R D E R
K.SURENDRA MOHAN, J.
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W.P.(C) No.16157 of 2010
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Dated this the 2nd day of June, 2010
JUDGMENT
The petitioner is a toddy worker registered under the
Toddy Workers Welfare fund Scheme. He has been
continuously working in the Thozhupadam toddy shop within the
Vadakkancherry Excise Range for the past many years. As per
the new Abkari policy of the State Government, the toddy shops
are licensed on group basis i.e. by clubbing six toddy shops in
an area into a group and each group is licensed to a contractor.
The first respondent is the licensee in respect of the group in
which the Thozhupadam toddy shop is included. The complaint
of the petitioner is that the first respondent did not renew the
license in respect of shop No.23, the Thozhupadam toddy shop,
though he has renewed the licenses in respect of all the other
shops in the said group. He has submitted Ext.P2
representation before the second respondent detailing his
grievances.
2. Since Ext.P2 has already been submitted to the second
respondent, who is the competent authority to redress the
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grievances of the petitioner, I do not propose to consider the
contentions of the petitioner on the merits.
3. This Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of directing the
second respondent to consider Ext.P2 representation in
accordance with law and to pass appropriate orders thereon as
expeditiously as possible and at any rate within a period of three
months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment, after
giving an opportunity of being heard to the petitioner as well as
other interested persons.
K.SURENDRA MOHAN, Judge
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