JUDGMENT

Aggrieved by the order in IA No.13/2021 in OS No.44/2020 (Ext P7) passed by the Court of the Additional Subordinate Judge-I, Thiruvananthapuram, the impleading petitioner Panchayath is before this Court.

2. The petitioner’s case, shorn of exhaustive pleadings, in the original petition is that: the petitioner is a Block Panchayath falling within the purview of Article 243(c) of the Constitution of India and established under Sec.4(b) of the Kerala Panchayath Raj Act , 1994. The respondents 1 to 9 have filed Ext P1 plaint, inter alia, to declare their title over the plaint schedule property. The court below has passed Ext P2 order directing the parties to maintain status-quo. The thirteenth respondent – the Director of Panchayath –

has sent a letter to the first respondent stating that though the plaint schedule property used to situate within the territorial limits of Kazhakkoottam Grama Panchayath earlier, now it falls within the territorial limits of the Municipal Corporation, Thiruvananthapuram and, therefore, they are unable to file a written statement and the Director of Urban Affairs may be impleaded as a party. The plaint schedule property is in the absolute ownershi