{"id":136870,"date":"2007-12-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-30T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/fr-thomas-kidarathil-vs-the-state-of-kerala-on-1-december-2007"},"modified":"2017-10-01T11:42:18","modified_gmt":"2017-10-01T06:12:18","slug":"fr-thomas-kidarathil-vs-the-state-of-kerala-on-1-december-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/fr-thomas-kidarathil-vs-the-state-of-kerala-on-1-december-2007","title":{"rendered":"Fr.Thomas Kidarathil vs The State Of Kerala on 1 December, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Fr.Thomas Kidarathil vs The State Of Kerala on 1 December, 2007<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C) No. 18739 of 2007(E)\n\n\n1. FR.THOMAS KIDARATHIL,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE STATE OF KERALA,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD,\n\n3. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, KANNUR.\n\n4. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.V.C.JAMES\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.P.P.THAJUDEEN, SC, K.S.E.B\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice ANTONY DOMINIC\n\n Dated :01\/12\/2007\n\n O R D E R\n                      ANTONY DOMINIC, J.\n               ------------------------------------------\n                  W.P.(C)NO.18739 OF 2007 - E\n               ------------------------------------------\n         Dated this the 1st day of December, 2007.\n\n                             JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>     In this   writ petition,   the prayer made is       to direct  the<\/p>\n<p>respondents not to proceed     against    the petitioner&#8217;s property  or<\/p>\n<p>assume possession of the same without initiating proceedings under<\/p>\n<p>the Land   Acquisition    Act. On instructions,     the   counsel   for<\/p>\n<p>respondents 2 and 4 submits that       if at all the land is required to<\/p>\n<p>be acquired, that will be only in accordance with the provisions<\/p>\n<p>contained in the Land Acquisition Act.<\/p>\n<p>     Recording this submission, the writ petition is closed.<\/p>\n<p>                                       ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  cl<\/p>\n<p>     .\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>     .\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">3<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Fr.Thomas Kidarathil vs The State Of Kerala on 1 December, 2007 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C) No. 18739 of 2007(E) 1. FR.THOMAS KIDARATHIL, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. THE STATE OF KERALA, &#8230; Respondent 2. THE KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, 3. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, KANNUR. 4. 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