{"id":63042,"date":"2008-03-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-06T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-n-nelakantan-nair-vs-the-state-of-kerala-on-7-march-2008"},"modified":"2016-09-17T01:35:58","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T20:05:58","slug":"m-n-nelakantan-nair-vs-the-state-of-kerala-on-7-march-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-n-nelakantan-nair-vs-the-state-of-kerala-on-7-march-2008","title":{"rendered":"M.N.Nelakantan Nair vs The State Of Kerala on 7 March, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">M.N.Nelakantan Nair vs The State Of Kerala on 7 March, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C) No. 32968 of 2004(Y)\n\n\n1. M.N.NELAKANTAN NAIR,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY THE\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, IDUKKI.\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.P.RAMAKRISHNAN\n\n                For Respondent  :GOVERNMENT PLEADER\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice KURIAN JOSEPH\n\n Dated :07\/03\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                             KURIAN JOSEPH, J.\n\n                  ---------------------------------------\n\n                     W.P.(C) No. 32968 OF 2004\n\n                  ---------------------------------------\n\n               Dated this the 7th day of March, 2008.\n\n\n\n                              J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>      In   view   of   the   intervening   developments   whereby   the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner   has   sanctioned         compassionate   allowance,   it   is<\/p>\n<p>submitted   that   the   writ   petition   can   be   closed.     Therefore,   this<\/p>\n<p>writ petition is closed.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                KURIAN JOSEPH, JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n<p>ps<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court M.N.Nelakantan Nair vs The State Of Kerala on 7 March, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C) No. 32968 of 2004(Y) 1. M.N.NELAKANTAN NAIR, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. THE STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY THE &#8230; Respondent 2. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, IDUKKI. 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