{"id":255896,"date":"2010-01-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-05T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/v-o-paulose-vs-union-of-india-on-6-january-2010"},"modified":"2017-02-21T19:09:14","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T13:39:14","slug":"v-o-paulose-vs-union-of-india-on-6-january-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/v-o-paulose-vs-union-of-india-on-6-january-2010","title":{"rendered":"V.O.Paulose vs Union Of India on 6 January, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">V.O.Paulose vs Union Of India on 6 January, 2010<\/div>\n<pre id=\"pre_1\">       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 30222 of 2009(W)\n\n\n1. V.O.PAULOSE, AGED 52 YEARS,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ITS\n\n3. THE SECRETARY, CHALAKUDY MUNICIPALITY,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.RAJIT\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.THOMAS ANTONY\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice ANTONY DOMINIC\n\n Dated :06\/01\/2010\n\n O R D E R\n                         ANTONY DOMINIC, J.\n                   -------------------------\n                   W.P.(C.) No.30222 of 2009 (W)\n              ---------------------------------\n              Dated, this the 6th day of January, 2010\n\n                           J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p id=\"p_1\">       Challenge in the writ petition is against Exts.P4 &amp; P5. The<\/p>\n<p>petitioner made an application to the 3rd respondent for a building<\/p>\n<p>permit. That was rejected by Ext.P4 on the ground that by Ext.P5<\/p>\n<p>letter of the 1st respondent, it has been directed to issue building<\/p>\n<p>permit only by freezing construction activities within the private<\/p>\n<p>boundary for 7.50m. on either side from the new 45m. ROW, and<\/p>\n<p>maintaining the existing building line rules of the State Government.<\/p>\n<p>It is challenging Exts.P4 &amp; P5, this writ petition is filed.,<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1\">       2.    Dealing with similar cases, in the judgment in <a href=\"\/doc\/184192424\/\" id=\"a_1\">Peer<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed v. Chirakandam Grama Panchayat<\/a> (2008(3) KLT 300)<\/p>\n<p>this Court has held that fixation of building line and control line are<\/p>\n<p>to be done in terms of Section 18 of the Highway Protection Act, by<\/p>\n<p>issuing a notification, which has to be published in the Official<\/p>\n<p>Gazette and news papers.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_2\">       In this case, Ext.P5 is only a communication issued by the 1st<\/p>\n<p>WP(C) No.30222\/2009<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\" id=\"span_1\">                                 -2-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>respondent to the 3rd respondent, which does not answer the<\/p>\n<p>requirement of Section 18 of the Act. For that reason, Exts.P4 &amp; P5<\/p>\n<p>are to be set aside and I do so. The 3rd respondent is directed to<\/p>\n<p>reconsider the application made by the petitioner for building<\/p>\n<p>permit in accordance with law, and pass appropriate orders thereon<\/p>\n<p>as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within four weeks of<\/p>\n<p>receipt of a copy of this judgment.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_3\">     This writ petition is disposed of as above.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_4\">\n<p id=\"p_5\">                                  (ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE)<br \/>\njg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court V.O.Paulose vs Union Of India on 6 January, 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 30222 of 2009(W) 1. V.O.PAULOSE, AGED 52 YEARS, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY &#8230; Respondent 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ITS 3. 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