{"id":8732,"date":"2007-03-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-13T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/devassia-vs-the-kattappana-grama-panchayat-on-14-march-2007"},"modified":"2016-01-30T02:56:10","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T21:26:10","slug":"devassia-vs-the-kattappana-grama-panchayat-on-14-march-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/devassia-vs-the-kattappana-grama-panchayat-on-14-march-2007","title":{"rendered":"Devassia vs The Kattappana Grama Panchayat on 14 March, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Devassia vs The Kattappana Grama Panchayat on 14 March, 2007<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C) No. 8428 of 2007(C)\n\n\n1. DEVASSIA, AGED 48 YEARS, S\/O. AUGUSTHY,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n2. T.M.CHANDRAN, AGED 48, S\/O. MADHAVAN,\n3. C.C.MATHEW, AGED 49, S\/O. CHACKO,\n4. MATHEW KUTTY, AGED 44 YEARS, S\/O.CHACKO,\n5. MR. SABU, AGED 37 YEARS, S\/O. BHASKARAN,\n6. SANTHOSH KUMAR M.J., AGED 34 YEARS,\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE KATTAPPANA GRAMA PANCHAYAT,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE HIGH RANGE MOTOR THOZHILALI\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.S.SACHITHANANDA PAI\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.P.V.ELIAS\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice PIUS C.KURIAKOSE\n\n Dated :14\/03\/2007\n\n O R D E R\n\n\n                           PIUS C. KURIAKOSE,J.\n\n                 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -\n\n                          W.P.(C)No.8428 of 2007\n\n                  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -\n\n                           Dated: 14th March, 2007\n\n\n                                  JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>       Giving liberty to the petitioners to challenge the decision of the<\/p>\n<p>Panchayat on the basis of which Ext.P1 judgment was passed by this<\/p>\n<p>court   (the   decision   which   is   referred   to   as   Ext.P1   in<\/p>\n<p>W.P.C.No.21209\/06),   this   Writ   Petition   will   stand   disposed   of.\n<\/p>\n<p>However considering Exts.P2, P3, P4 and P5, there will be a direction<\/p>\n<p>to   the   1st  respondent   not   to   remove   the   vehicles   driven   by   the<\/p>\n<p>petitioners herein from the Panchayat stand for a period of two weeks<\/p>\n<p>from today.\n<\/p>\n<pre>srd                                       PIUS C.KURIAKOSE, JUDGE\n\n\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Devassia vs The Kattappana Grama Panchayat on 14 March, 2007 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C) No. 8428 of 2007(C) 1. DEVASSIA, AGED 48 YEARS, S\/O. AUGUSTHY, &#8230; Petitioner 2. T.M.CHANDRAN, AGED 48, S\/O. MADHAVAN, 3. C.C.MATHEW, AGED 49, S\/O. CHACKO, 4. MATHEW KUTTY, AGED 44 YEARS, S\/O.CHACKO, 5. 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