JUDGMENT :

The writ petition is filed to quash Ext.P11 order passed by the 2nd respondent.

2. The 1^st petitioner is suffering from chronic liver disease. She has been advised to undergo transplantation. The 3^rd petitioner is the husband of the 1^st petitioner. As there is no suitable relative in the 1^st petitioner's family to donate a part of the liver, the 2^nd petitioner has volunteered to donate a part of his liver. Consequently, the petitioners submitted a joint application along with the requisite documents before the 2^nd respondent seeking permission for the donation. By Ext.P8 order, the 2^nd respondent has withheld the joint application of the petitioners 1 and 2 for the certificate of altruism from the District Police Chief. The action of the 2^nd respondent is arbitrary. Hence, the writ petition.

3. When the writ petition came up for consideration on 14.3.2025, the learned Government Pleader submitted that the 2^nd respondent had kept the petitioners' application on the hold awaiting the certificate of altruism from the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Guruvayoor. The 2^nd respondent would take a decision on the joint application immediately on receipt of the certificate of altru