JUDGMENT

W.P.(C)No.12560 of 2020 The petitioner has approached this Court challenging Ext.P2 and seeking for other consequential directions.

2. The petitioner is the owner in possession of 1.10 ares of property with a building therein in Kudappanakunnu Village, Thiruvananthapuram District. On the western side of the said building, abutting the main road, there is public drainage which is maintained by the 1^st respondent. Within the property of the petitioner on the northern side, there is a drain connecting to the public drain which is 1 feet in width and connects to the properties behind the petitioner's building. The property of the 2^nd respondent lies farther north of the petitioner's building. While so, the 2^nd respondent made a complaint before the 1^st respondent citing unauthorised construction by the petitioner and requesting the said authority to take appropriate action. Thereupon, Ext.P1 notice was issued, directing the petitioner to remove the encroachments.

Challenging the same an appeal was preferred before the Tribunal as