IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.S.DIAS MONDAY, THE 20^TH DAY OF JANUARY 2025 / 30TH POUSHA, 1946 WP(C) NO. 1883 OF 2025 PETITIONER/NIL:

PRINCE PAUL JOHN AGED 53 YEARS S/O. V.P. JOHN VANDAMPRAPUTHENPURAYIL(H)

KOOTHATTUKULAM P.O, ERNAKULAM, PIN - 686662 BY ADVS.

DEEPA R MENON MATHEW A KUZHALANADAN KURIAKOSE VARGHESE V.SHYAMOHAN NABEEL B.A.

NIKITHA MARTHA GIJU RESPONDENTS/NIL:

1 STATION HOUSE OFFICER KOOTHATTUKULAM POLICE STATION, KOOTHATTUKULAM P.O, ERNAKULAM, PIN - 686662

2 DEPUTY SUPERNINTENDENT OF POLICE ERNAKULAM RURAL, ALUVA, KERALA, PIN - 683101 BY ADV.

SRI AJITH VISWANATH, GP THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 20.01.2025, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:

JUDGMENT

Dated this the 20th day of January, 2025 The writ petition is filed to direct the respondents

1 and 2 to afford adequate Police Protection for the conduct of the No-confidence motion IN the Kothattukulam Municipality on 18.01.2025.

2. When the writ petition came up for consideration on 17.01.2025, this Court had directed the 1^st respondent to ensure that the law and order is maintained during the No-confidence motion in the Municipality.

3. Heard; the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader.

4. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader that, the No-confidence motion did not take place on 18.01.2025 due to certain untoward incidents. Consequently, the No-

confidence motion has been adjourned sine die.

5. The 1^st respondent has registered crimes against those persons who caused the untoward incidents.

In the light of the above submission, the writ petition is closed, by reserving the right of the petitioner to workout his remedies, in accordance with law.

Sd/-

C.S.DIAS JUDGE AJ APPENDIX OF WP(C) 1883/2025 PETITIONER EXHIBITS Exhibit P1 TRUE COPY OF THE NOTICE NUMBERED LSGD –

JD/EKM/170/2025-BS ISSUED BY THE JOINT DIRECTOR, LSGD FOR THE NON CONFIDENCE MOTION AGAINST MRS. VIJAYA SHIVAN, DATED 08.01.2025 Exhibit P2 TRUE COPY OF THE NOTICE NUMBERED LSGD –

JD/EKM/170/2025-BS ISSUED BY THE JOINT DIRECTOR, LSGD FOR THE NON CONFIDENCE MOTION AGAINST MR. SUNNY KURIAKOSE, DATED 08.01.2025 Exhibit P3 TRUE COPY OF THE REQUEST FOR POLICE PROTECTION SUBMITTED TO THE 1ST RESPONDENT DATED 13.01.2025 Exhibit P4 TRUE COPY OF THE RECEIPT ISSUED BY THE 1ST RESPONDENT DATED 13.01.2025