JUDGMENT

The petitioner has approached this Court asserting that a suo motu proceedings, bearing S.M.No.1924 of 2021, has been initiated against him by the 1st respondent - Special Tahsildar (LR); and seeks that the same be directed to be disposed of within a time frame to be fixed by this Court.

2. In response, the learned Senior Government Pleader, Smt.K.Amminikutty, submitted that the afore mentioned suo motu proceedings was initiated against the petitioner only in December, 2021 and therefore, that this writ petition is premature.

3. When I hear the learned Senior Government Pleader as afore, it is without doubt that this Court has been ordering suo motu proceedings to be disposed of within a time frame. That said, though this Court normally fixes eighteen months time for the Competent Authority to complete proceedings, I am of the view that in this case it will be justified to expand it to twenty four months, since the application of the petitioner has been made only very recently.

Resultantly, this writ petition is ordered, directing the 1st respondent - Special Tahsildar (LR) to complete proceedings in S.M.No.1924 of 2021, after following due procedure and after affording necessary opportunity of being heard to the petitioner – as also any other interested person - as expeditiously as is possible, but not later than twenty four months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this judgment.