IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALEXANDER THOMAS WEDNESDAY, THE 28TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2018 / 5TH AGRAHAYANA, 1940 WP(C).No. 30673 of 2018 PETITIONER/S:

SEETHAL JOSEPH,D/O LATE T.V. JOSEPH, THEKKEDATH HOUSE, PARAVATTANI, THRISSUR, NOW RESIDING IN APARTMENT NO.31130, EPPLEWORTH ROAD, SCARBOROUGH, TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA-MIK3G9. REP. BY POA, RAJESH JIBI, S/O P. THANKACHAN, AGED 44 YRS., KOTTAPURATH HOUSE, PERUNGALA P.O, KAYAMKULAM.

BY ADV. SMT.M.VANAJA RESPONDENT/S:

MARRIAGE OFFICER, KAYAMKULAM MUNICIPALITY, ALLEPPY DISTRICT.

BY ADV. SRI.T.R.RAJAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 28.11.2018, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:

J U D G M E N T

The petitioner is aggrieved by the delay on the part of the respondent-Marriage Officer in taking steps for registration of her solemnised marriage, in terms of the provisions contained in the Registration of Marriages (Common) Rules (Kerala), 2008. The prayers in the above Writ Petition (Civil) are as follows:

“1. To issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction directing the respondent to issue the Marriage Certificate.

2. Direct the respon