IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE MARY JOSEPH WEDNESDAY, THE 8^TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2021 / 17TH BHADRA, 1943 WP(C) NO. 17845 OF 2021 PETITIONER:

RAJAN V.K AGED 62 YEARS S/O.KELAN, VADAKKEPRAMKUNIYIL HOUSE, PALAYAD P.O., KOZHIKODE.

BY ADVS.

I.V.PRAMOD K.V.SASIDHARAN RESPONDENTS:

1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT TAXES DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695001.

2 ASSISTANT EXCISE COMMISSIONER, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695001.

3 T.ANIL KUMAR, VADAKKEVILAKATHU VEED, CHANTHAVILA, KATTAYIKONAM, CIRCLE INSPECTOR OF EXCISE, EXCISE ENFORCEMENT AND ANTI NARCOTIC SPECIAL SQUAD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695001.

4 T.R.MUKESH KUMAR, THARAYIL HOUSE, PETTA P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, EXCISE ENFORCEMENT AND ANTI NARCOTIC SPECIAL SQUAD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695001.

5 R.G.RAJESH, LALI BHAVAN POOJAPPURA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, EXCISE INSPECTOR, EXCISE HEAD QUARTERS, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695001.

6 K.V.VINOD, KALA BHAVAN, MANAVARI, KOTTUKAL P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, EXCISE INSPECTOR, EXCISE HEAD QUARTERS, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695001.

7 G.KRISHNA KUMAR, EXCISE CIRCLE INSPECTOR, EXCISE CIRCLE OFFICE, NILAMBUR-679330.

8 S.MADUSOODANAN NAIR, SHANTHI BHAVAN, MARUTHU