J U D G M E N T

Dated this the 11 th day of February, 2022 S. Manikumar, CJ.

Instant public interest litigation was filed to direct the respondents 2 and 3 therein to demolish a 50 year old bus stand cum shopping complex and construct a new building without delay.

2. Having regard to the submissions and also the report as regards the condition of the ground floor and first floor of the building, on 12.11.2020 , we issued the following directions:

“1) Kottayam Municipality shall make a request to the Kerala State Election Commission with necessary documents and Ext P4 report, at the earliest possible and at any rate within 10 days from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment, seeking permission to start repair work in respect of the Municipality bus stand shopping complex on account of the plan fund of Rs.50 lakhs allotted during the financial year 2020- 2021.

2) If and when the request is received by the Kerala State Election Commission, the State Election Commission shall take into account the urgency of the matter and take a decision at the earliest and at any rate within a week from the date of receipt of the request.

3) On receip