{"id":227848,"date":"2008-09-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-24T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/gangadharan-pillai-vs-additional-district-magistrate-on-25-september-2008"},"modified":"2014-06-22T03:54:33","modified_gmt":"2014-06-21T22:24:33","slug":"gangadharan-pillai-vs-additional-district-magistrate-on-25-september-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/gangadharan-pillai-vs-additional-district-magistrate-on-25-september-2008","title":{"rendered":"Gangadharan Pillai vs Additional District Magistrate on 25 September, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Gangadharan Pillai vs Additional District Magistrate on 25 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. 22361 of 2008(K)\n\n\n1. GANGADHARAN PILLAI, EZHAVARETH,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. ADDITIONAL DISTRICT MAGISTRATE,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. ASST.EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, ELECTRICAL\n\n3. RUGMINI AMMA, THANNIKKAL KIZHAKKETHIL,\n\n4. JANAKI AMMA, THANNIKKAL, KIZHAKKEMURI,\n\n5. SOMAKURUP, THANNIKKAL HOUSE,\n\n6. SARASWATHI AMMA, THANNIKKAL HOUSE,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.G.GOPAKUMAR (CHERTHALA)\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.  K.SHAJ\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice K.M.JOSEPH\n\n Dated :25\/09\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                                  K.M.JOSEPH, J.\n                       - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -\n                           WP.(C) No.22361 of 2008\n                       - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -\n                    Dated this the 25th day of September, 2008\n\n                                     JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>             Petitioner challenges Ext.P4.                  It is an order passed under<\/p>\n<p>Section 16 of the Indian Telegraph Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner<\/p>\n<p>submits that the petitioner has no objection if the line is drawn as permitted<\/p>\n<p>under Ext.P4. The line can be drawn only as permitted under Ext.P4.<\/p>\n<p>             In view of the fact that the petitioner has no objection in the<\/p>\n<p>line being drawn as permitted under Ext.P4, I see no reason to entertain this<\/p>\n<p>writ petition. I dismiss the writ petition. But I make it clear that the line<\/p>\n<p>must necessarily be drawn as permitted under Ext.P4.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                   (K.M. JOSEPH, JUDGE)<\/p>\n<p>sb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Gangadharan Pillai vs Additional District Magistrate on 25 September, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 22361 of 2008(K) 1. GANGADHARAN PILLAI, EZHAVARETH, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. ADDITIONAL DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, &#8230; Respondent 2. ASST.EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, ELECTRICAL 3. RUGMINI AMMA, THANNIKKAL KIZHAKKETHIL, 4. JANAKI AMMA, THANNIKKAL, KIZHAKKEMURI, 5. 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