JUDGMENT

The above Writ Petition (C) is filed with the following prayers:

"(i) call for the records leading to the passing of Ext.P8 by the 2nd respondent and quash the same by the issue of a writ of certiorari or other appropriate writ, order or direction; (ii) issue a writ in the nature of mandamus directing respondents 1 to 3 to reconsider the case of the petitioner in the light of the dictum laid down by this honorable court in Padmanabhan Vs. State of Kerala ( 2009(1) KLT 295 ) and State of Kerala Vs. Southern Fisheries Corporation ( 2011(1) KLT 956 );

(iii) declare that the erection of tin sheet roofs to protect the building from seepage of water does not amount to unauthorized construction as alleged by respondents 1 to 3; (iv) dispense with the filing of translation of vernacular documents;

and (v) issue such other writ, order or direction as this honourable court deems fit and proper in the circumstances of the case."

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2. The petitioner challenges Ext.P8 order which is passed under Section 406 (3) of the Kerala Municipality Act . Admittedly, it is an appealable order before the Tribunal for Local Self Government Institutions (for short ‘tribunal’).

3. In such circumstanc