{"id":205979,"date":"2008-06-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-19T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/smt-indira-nair-vs-the-state-of-kerala-on-20-june-2008"},"modified":"2017-04-20T17:19:07","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T11:49:07","slug":"smt-indira-nair-vs-the-state-of-kerala-on-20-june-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/smt-indira-nair-vs-the-state-of-kerala-on-20-june-2008","title":{"rendered":"Smt.Indira Nair vs The State Of Kerala on 20 June, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Smt.Indira Nair vs The State Of Kerala on 20 June, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 20725 of 2007(P)\n\n\n1. SMT.INDIRA NAIR, AGED 59 YEARS,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE CHIEF ENGINEER, MAJOR IRRIGATIONS,\n\n3. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER,\n\n4. THE ASST. EXECUTIVE ENGINEER,\n\n5. THE ASST. ENGINEER,\n\n6. THE DISTRICT EXPERT COMMITTEE\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.V.VENUGOPALAN NAIR\n\n                For Respondent  :GOVERNMENT PLEADER\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice KURIAN JOSEPH\n\n Dated :20\/06\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                       KURIAN JOSEPH, J.\n             -----------------------------------------\n                 W.P(C) No. 20725 of 2007\n             -----------------------------------------\n            Dated this the 20th day of June, 2008\n\n                             JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>     The writ petition is filed mainly with the following prayer:-<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>                    (i)   Issue a writ of mandamus, or any other<br \/>\n              appropriate writ, order or direction commanding<br \/>\n              the respondents to take expeditious steps for the<br \/>\n              construction of a retaining wall along the eastern<br \/>\n              riverside of the petitioner&#8217;s property aside River<br \/>\n              Pampa after reclaiming the 30 cents of land<br \/>\n              approx., already lost due to river bank erosion, at<br \/>\n              the earliest.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There will be a direction to the 2nd          respondent to take<\/p>\n<p>appropriate action on Ext.P4 with notice to the petitioner within a<\/p>\n<p>period of four months from the date of production of a copy of<\/p>\n<p>the 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.20725 of 2007\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>           JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p>        20th June, 2008<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Smt.Indira Nair vs The State Of Kerala on 20 June, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 20725 of 2007(P) 1. SMT.INDIRA NAIR, AGED 59 YEARS, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY &#8230; Respondent 2. THE CHIEF ENGINEER, MAJOR IRRIGATIONS, 3. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, 4. 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