IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
RP No. 757 of 2006(W)
1. SOBHANA, W/O. LATE SUNDARESAN,
... Petitioner
2. RISHIMON, S/O. LATE SUNDARESAN,
Vs
1. M.V.THANKAPPAN,
... Respondent
2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY
3. THE COMMISSIONER OF LAND REVENUE,
4. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR,
For Petitioner :SRI.G.BHAGAVAT SINGH
For Respondent :SRI.C.RAJENDRAN
The Hon'ble MR. Justice S.SIRI JAGAN
Dated :29/08/2006
O R D E R
S. SIRI JAGAN
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R.P. NO. 757 OF 2006
IN
W.P.(C) NO. 13850/2006 W
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Dated this the 29th day of August, 2006
O R D E R
The petitioners in this review petition are respondents 4 & 5 in
W.P.(C) No. 13850/06, which I had disposed of by my judgment
dated 29/05/2006, directing the District Collector, Kollam to consider
and pass appropriate orders on Ext.P2 representation filed by the 1st
respondent herein. The judgment was passed without issuing notice
to the petitioners in the review petition, since only a direction to
dispose of the 1st respondent’s representation was made in the
judgment. Now the petitioners in the review petition states that this
question was earlier concluded by a decision of this Court in W.P.(C)
No. 12761/93 which resulted in the resurvey authorities taking
proceedings culminating in Annexure-I field map. This fact was
intimated to the predecessor in interest of the petitioners, Shri. R
Sunderesan, as per Annexure III. The petitioners in the review
petition therefore submit that the representation filed by the 1st
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respondent before the District Collector was not maintainable, since
the matter was finally decided pursuant to the judgment of this court
in O.P. No. 12761/93. The petitioners in the review petition submit
that they did not have an opportunity to present all these facts before
the court while passing the impugned judgment since notices were
not issued to them.
2. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner,
learned counsel for the 1st respondent as also the learned
Government Pleader.
3. It is true that the judgment was rendered by me without
issuing notice to the petitioners in the review petition. However, I do
not think that it is necessary to review my judgment because of that,
in view of the orders I propose to pass in this review petition. It was
admitted before me by both sides that the District Collector has not
passed any orders pursuant to my directions in the impugned
judgment. I also find that the District Collector has filed I.A. No.
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10210/06 for extension of time to comply with the directions in the
judgment. Of course even the period requested for by the District
Collector is also over. Whatever that be, I direct that before passing
final orders on Ext.P2 pursuant to my directions in the impugned
judgment, the District Collector, Kollam shall hear the petitioners in
the review petition, who are respondents 4 & 5 in the writ petition,
also. The petitioners in the review petition would be entitled to raise
all their contentions including the maintainability of Ext.P2
representation which is based on the judgment of this Court in O.P.
No. 12761/93 and the binding nature of the proceedings initiated
pursuant thereto. The District Collector shall pass final orders within
one month from the date of receipt of this Order after hearing both
sides. If in the meantime, the Collector posts the matter for hearing,
the 1st respondent in this review petition shall inform the Collector
about the orders passed in the review petition, if the petitioners in the
review petition are unable to place a certified copy of this Order
before the District Collector prior to such posting. With the above
clarification, the review petition is disposed of.
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(S.SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE)
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