{"id":70360,"date":"2008-11-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-12T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sebastian-chokkattu-vs-the-district-collector-on-13-november-2008"},"modified":"2017-11-22T03:54:17","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T22:24:17","slug":"sebastian-chokkattu-vs-the-district-collector-on-13-november-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sebastian-chokkattu-vs-the-district-collector-on-13-november-2008","title":{"rendered":"Sebastian Chokkattu vs The District Collector on 13 November, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Sebastian Chokkattu vs The District Collector on 13 November, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 25829 of 2008(Y)\n\n\n1. SEBASTIAN CHOKKATTU, 1A,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, ERNAKULAM.\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE DEPUTY TAHSILDAR (REVENUE RECOVERY)\n\n3. THE KERALA STATE INDUSTRIES DEVELOPMENT\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.M.P.ASHOK KUMAR\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.M.PATHROSE MATTHAI (SR.)\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice K.M.JOSEPH\n\n Dated :13\/11\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                            K.M. JOSEPH, J.\n\n              ````````````````````````````````````````````````````\n                   W.P.(C) No. 25829 OF 2008 Y\n              ````````````````````````````````````````````````````\n            Dated this the 13th day of November, 2008\n\n                            J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>             Heard learned counsel for petitioner Sri.M.P.Ashok<\/p>\n<p>Kumar, learned senior counsel on behalf of the 3rd respondent<\/p>\n<p>Sri.Pathrose Mathai and learned Government Pleader Sri.Bejoy<\/p>\n<p>Chandran.\n<\/p>\n<p>             I notice that there is an arbitration clause in Ext.R3(a).<\/p>\n<p>I feel that in the teeth of this clause this writ petition need not be<\/p>\n<p>entertained.     Accordingly, writ petition is disposed of without<\/p>\n<p>prejudice to the remedies available to the petitioner.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                     Sd\/-\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                   (K.M.JOSEPH, JUDGE)<br \/>\naks<\/p>\n<p>                          \/\/ TRUE COPY \/\/<\/p>\n<p>                                         P.A. TO JUDGE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Sebastian Chokkattu vs The District Collector on 13 November, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 25829 of 2008(Y) 1. SEBASTIAN CHOKKATTU, 1A, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, ERNAKULAM. &#8230; Respondent 2. THE DEPUTY TAHSILDAR (REVENUE RECOVERY) 3. THE KERALA STATE INDUSTRIES DEVELOPMENT For Petitioner :SRI.M.P.ASHOK KUMAR [&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-70360","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>Sebastian Chokkattu vs The District Collector on 13 November, 2008 - 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\/sebastian-chokkattu-vs-the-district-collector-on-13-november-2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sebastian Chokkattu vs The District Collector on 13 November, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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