{"id":32050,"date":"2009-08-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/chungath-siddique-vs-the-district-collector-on-17-august-2009"},"modified":"2015-05-08T01:17:57","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T19:47:57","slug":"chungath-siddique-vs-the-district-collector-on-17-august-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/chungath-siddique-vs-the-district-collector-on-17-august-2009","title":{"rendered":"Chungath Siddique vs The District Collector on 17 August, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Chungath Siddique vs The District Collector on 17 August, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 23415 of 2009(V)\n\n\n1. CHUNGATH SIDDIQUE, SON OF KUNHUTTI,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE TAHSILDAR,\n\n3. THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE,\n\n4. THE STATE OF KERALA,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.P.M.ZIRAJ\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice V.GIRI\n\n Dated :17\/08\/2009\n\n O R D E R\n                             V.GIRI, J\n                ------------------------------------------\n                    W.P.(C).23415 of 2009\n                ------------------------------------------\n         Dated this the 17th day of August, 2009\n\n                           JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>         The vehicle belonging to the petitioner bearing<\/p>\n<p>registration     No.KL-10\/U-1327,                was       seized   on<\/p>\n<p>04.12.2008.      Thereafter, proceedings were initiated<\/p>\n<p>under Section 17 of the Kerala Anti Social Activities<\/p>\n<p>(Prevention) Act, 2007, alleging that the vehicle was<\/p>\n<p>used for illicit transportation of river sand. Petitioner&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>explanation was not accepted and Ext.P1 order was<\/p>\n<p>passed directing that the vehicle be released on interim<\/p>\n<p>custody subject to certain conditions.                   This has been<\/p>\n<p>challenged in this writ petition. Petitioner has mounted<\/p>\n<p>a challenge against the validity of Section 17 of the<\/p>\n<p>Kerala Anti Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>         2. A Division Bench of this Court in Writ<\/p>\n<p>Petition  No.9925\/2009            and      connected       cases,  has<\/p>\n<p>declared that the vehicles cannot be seized for<\/p>\n<p>transportation of river sand relying on the vague<\/p>\n<p>provisions of Section 17 of the Act. In such cases, they<\/p>\n<p>have to be dealt with under Section 23 of the Kerala<\/p>\n<p>W.P.(C) No.23415\/09<br \/>\n                          :: 2 ::\n<\/p>\n<p>\nProtection of River Banks and Regulation of Removal of<\/p>\n<p>Sand Act, 2001. The Division Bench has issued        the<\/p>\n<p>following directions.\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>           &#8220;The confiscation order, if any, passed<\/p>\n<p>     in any of the cases will stand quashed. In<\/p>\n<p>     all cases, irrespective of whether there was<\/p>\n<p>     a confiscation order or not, the District<\/p>\n<p>     Collector shall decide whether proceedings<\/p>\n<p>     under the Kerala Protection of River Banks<\/p>\n<p>     and Regulation of Removal of Sand Act and<\/p>\n<p>     the Rules thereunder should be initiated<\/p>\n<p>     against the vehicle concerned, within one<\/p>\n<p>     month from the date of receipt\/production<\/p>\n<p>     of a copy of this judgment. If proceedings<\/p>\n<p>     are initiated, the same shall be finalised<\/p>\n<p>     within one month. If the petitioners desire<\/p>\n<p>     release of their vehicles, which are not so<\/p>\n<p>     far released, pending final decision, the<\/p>\n<p>     same shall be released to them forthwith by<\/p>\n<p>     the District Collector, subject to the<\/p>\n<p>     conditions imposed by this Court for<\/p>\n<p>     releasing the vehicle in W.P.(C).9925 of<\/p>\n<p>     2009.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>         3.     Accordingly, Ext.P1 shall stand set aside<\/p>\n<p>and the writ petition is disposed of in the following<\/p>\n<p>terms.\n<\/p>\n<p>W.P.(C) No.23415\/09<br \/>\n                            :: 3 ::\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>      (i).   Petitioner shall deposit an amount of<\/p>\n<p>             Rs.25,000\/-, with the District Collector<\/p>\n<p>             and there upon, the vehicle in question<\/p>\n<p>             bearing    registration  No.KL-10\/U-1327<\/p>\n<p>             shall  be   forthwith   released   to   the<\/p>\n<p>             petitioner.\n<\/p>\n<p>      (ii). But such release of the vehicle shall not<\/p>\n<p>             prevent the District Collector or the<\/p>\n<p>             Revenue Officials taking proceedings<\/p>\n<p>             against the vehicle under the provisions<\/p>\n<p>             of Section 23 of the Kerala Protection of<\/p>\n<p>             River Banks and Regulation of Removal<\/p>\n<p>             of Sand Act, 2001. District Collector<\/p>\n<p>             shall, within one month from the date of<\/p>\n<p>             receipt of a copy of this judgment, take a<\/p>\n<p>             decision whether proceedings will have to<\/p>\n<p>             be initiated, in the instant case, in<\/p>\n<p>             relation    to    the    vehicle   bearing<\/p>\n<p>             registration   No.KL-10\/U-1327,      under<\/p>\n<p>             Section 23 of the Act.\n<\/p>\n<p>      (iii). Such proceedings, if initiated, shall be<\/p>\n<p>             done within one month from the date on<\/p>\n<p>             which the vehicle is released and if it is<\/p>\n<p>             not so initiated within one month, then, it<\/p>\n<p>             will not be open to the respondents to<\/p>\n<p>             thereafter initiate proceedings under the<\/p>\n<p>             Act, in relation to the seizure effected on<\/p>\n<p>             04.12.2008.\n<\/p>\n<p>      (iv). Vehicle, if released on interim custody,<\/p>\n<p>             shall not be used for transportation of<\/p>\n<p>             sand for a period of one month. If within<\/p>\n<p>             the aforementioned period of one month<\/p>\n<p>             from the date on which the vehicle is<\/p>\n<p>W.P.(C) No.23415\/09<br \/>\n                            :: 4 ::\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            released, proceedings under the Act are<\/p>\n<p>            not initiated as permitted herein above,<\/p>\n<p>            then it will be open to the petitioner to<\/p>\n<p>            use it in accordance with law.<\/p>\n<p>      (v). If such proceedings are not initiated,<\/p>\n<p>            Rs.25,000\/- deposited by the petitioner<\/p>\n<p>            shall be refunded to him. Initiation of<\/p>\n<p>            proceedings under the Act,        shall be<\/p>\n<p>            done by the issuance of a notice from the<\/p>\n<p>            office of the District Collector.<\/p>\n<p>      (vi). Vehicle    shall   not  be   alienated  or<\/p>\n<p>            encumbered for a period of one month<\/p>\n<p>            from the date of release of the vehicle on<\/p>\n<p>            interim custody as permitted and such<\/p>\n<p>            condition shall continue to operate till<\/p>\n<p>            the proceedings initiated by the District<\/p>\n<p>            Collector   are    disposed   of, if  such<\/p>\n<p>            proceedings are initiated within the time<\/p>\n<p>            frame mentioned above.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                             Sd\/-\n<\/p>\n<p>                                          (V.GIRI)<br \/>\n                                            Judge<\/p>\n<p>sk\/-\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>           \/\/true copy\/\/<\/p>\n<p>                    P.S. to Judge<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Chungath Siddique vs The District Collector on 17 August, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 23415 of 2009(V) 1. CHUNGATH SIDDIQUE, SON OF KUNHUTTI, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, &#8230; Respondent 2. THE TAHSILDAR, 3. THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, 4. THE STATE OF KERALA, For [&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-32050","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 v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chungath Siddique vs The District Collector on 17 August, 2009 - 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\/chungath-siddique-vs-the-district-collector-on-17-august-2009\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chungath Siddique vs The District Collector on 17 August, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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