{"id":219080,"date":"2010-12-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-20T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/jojo-thomas-vs-the-district-collector-on-21-december-2010"},"modified":"2015-12-24T19:53:40","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T14:23:40","slug":"jojo-thomas-vs-the-district-collector-on-21-december-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/jojo-thomas-vs-the-district-collector-on-21-december-2010","title":{"rendered":"Jojo Thomas vs The District Collector on 21 December, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Jojo Thomas vs The District Collector on 21 December, 2010<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 23626 of 2008(K)\n\n\n1. JOJO THOMAS, SANKARATHIL THOS VILLA,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n2. P.THOMAS, SANKARAHIL THOS VILLA,\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE THASILDAR, ADOOR.\n\n3. THE VILLAGE OFFICER, KURAMPALA.\n\n4. THE SENIOR GEOLOGITS, GOVT OF KERALA\n\n5. STATE OF KERALA, REP BY ITS SECRETARY,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.V.PHILIP MATHEW\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR\n\n Dated :21\/12\/2010\n\n O R D E R\n               T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J.\n              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n               W.P.(C). No.23626\/2008-K\n              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n         Dated this the 21st day of December, 2010\n\n                    J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>    The main prayer in the writ petition is for a<\/p>\n<p>direction  to  the  second  respondent  to   return  the<\/p>\n<p>Jackhammer seized from the petitioners. The learned<\/p>\n<p>Government Pleader submitted that the Jackhammer was<\/p>\n<p>returned to the petitioners on 19\/09\/2008.    Therefore,<\/p>\n<p>the writ petition has become infructuous.  Dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>                                       Sd\/-\n<\/p>\n<p>                       (T.R. Ramachandran Nair, Judge.)<\/p>\n<p>ms<br \/>\n                     \\\\TRUE COPY\/\/<br \/>\n                                             P.A TO JUDGE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Jojo Thomas vs The District Collector on 21 December, 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 23626 of 2008(K) 1. JOJO THOMAS, SANKARATHIL THOS VILLA, &#8230; Petitioner 2. P.THOMAS, SANKARAHIL THOS VILLA, Vs 1. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, &#8230; Respondent 2. THE THASILDAR, ADOOR. 3. THE VILLAGE OFFICER, KURAMPALA. 4. 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