{"id":184709,"date":"2008-09-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-23T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mathew-lessley-vs-state-of-kerala-represented-by-on-24-september-2008"},"modified":"2017-02-03T10:47:31","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T05:17:31","slug":"mathew-lessley-vs-state-of-kerala-represented-by-on-24-september-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mathew-lessley-vs-state-of-kerala-represented-by-on-24-september-2008","title":{"rendered":"Mathew Lessley vs State Of Kerala Represented By on 24 September, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Mathew Lessley vs State Of Kerala Represented By on 24 September, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 22155 of 2006(K)\n\n\n1. MATHEW LESSLEY, AGED 53 YEARS,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. CHELLANAM GRAMA PANCHAYATH\n\n3. K.X.JOHN, AGED 57 YEARS,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.K.J.ALPHONS KANNANTHANAM\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.DINESH R.SHENOY\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice KURIAN JOSEPH\n\n Dated :24\/09\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                        KURIAN JOSEPH, J.\n               -----------------------------------------\n                   W.P(C) No. 22155 of 2006\n               -----------------------------------------\n         Dated this the 24th day of September, 2008\n\n                              JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>      The writ petition is filed with the following prayer:-<\/p>\n<p>               (i) Issue a writ in the nature of mandamus or any<br \/>\n         other appropriate writ, order or direction commanding the<br \/>\n         2nd respondent to take appropriate action against the illegal<br \/>\n         encroachment committed by the 3rd respondent.<\/p>\n<p>It is seen that Ext.P4 representation is pending before the second<\/p>\n<p>respondent. Therefore, there will be a direction to the second<\/p>\n<p>respondent to take appropriate action in accordance with law on<\/p>\n<p>Ext.P4 with notice to the petitioner and respondents 3 to 5 within<\/p>\n<p>a period of four months from the date of receipt of a copy of this<\/p>\n<p>judgment.\n<\/p>\n<p>      The writ petition is disposed of as above.<\/p>\n<p>                                          (KURIAN JOSEPH, JUDGE)<\/p>\n<p>ahg.\n<\/p>\n<p>      KURIAN JOSEPH, J.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\n W.P(C).No.22155 of 2006\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>           JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p>    24th September, 2008<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Mathew Lessley vs State Of Kerala Represented By on 24 September, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 22155 of 2006(K) 1. MATHEW LESSLEY, AGED 53 YEARS, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY &#8230; Respondent 2. CHELLANAM GRAMA PANCHAYATH 3. K.X.JOHN, AGED 57 YEARS, For Petitioner [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-kerala-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mathew Lessley vs State Of Kerala Represented By on 24 September, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mathew-lessley-vs-state-of-kerala-represented-by-on-24-september-2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mathew Lessley vs State Of Kerala Represented By on 24 September, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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