{"id":117153,"date":"2009-07-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/paul-t-kurian-vs-state-of-kerala-on-17-july-2009"},"modified":"2014-09-16T15:01:05","modified_gmt":"2014-09-16T09:31:05","slug":"paul-t-kurian-vs-state-of-kerala-on-17-july-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/paul-t-kurian-vs-state-of-kerala-on-17-july-2009","title":{"rendered":"Paul T. Kurian vs State Of Kerala on 17 July, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Paul T. Kurian vs State Of Kerala on 17 July, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 20197 of 2009(T)\n\n\n1. PAUL T. KURIAN, S\/O. LATE T.E. KURIAKOSE\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY ITS\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, ERNAKULAM.\n\n3. THE VILLAGE OFFICER, THRIKKAKARA SOUTH\n\n4. LALY C. GEORGE, W\/O. SANI FRANCIS,\n\n5. PRINCE J. VELLUKUNNEL, 6 B J M CASIL,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.SAIBY JOSE KIDANGOOR\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice V.GIRI\n\n Dated :17\/07\/2009\n\n O R D E R\n                             V.GIRI,J.\n                      -------------------------\n                 W.P ( C) No.20197 of 2009\n                      --------------------------\n                Dated this the 17th July,2009\n\n                        J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>     Petitioner is aggrieved by what he terms as the<\/p>\n<p>indiscriminate filling up of paddy fields in Thrikkakara<\/p>\n<p>south village at the instance of respondents 4 and 5. He<\/p>\n<p>has sought for requisite information in this regard from<\/p>\n<p>the Village Officer.    Information sought as per Ext.P1<\/p>\n<p>shall be supplied by the Village Officer, within two weeks<\/p>\n<p>from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment.<\/p>\n<p>     Writ petition is disposed of as above.<\/p>\n<p>                                             (V.GIRI,JUDGE)<br \/>\nma<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">2<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">3<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Paul T. Kurian vs State Of Kerala on 17 July, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 20197 of 2009(T) 1. PAUL T. KURIAN, S\/O. LATE T.E. KURIAKOSE &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY ITS &#8230; Respondent 2. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, ERNAKULAM. 3. 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