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2026 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 23114
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN, J
M.N.SREENIVASAN PILLAI – Appellant
Versus
PUTHUPALLY GRAMA PANCHAYATH – Respondent
WP(C) NO. 18232 OF 2024
Important Points
Subject
Civil - Writ Petition
Headnote
For the Appellants/Petitioners: SMT.M.U.VIJAYALAKSHMI, SRI.K.JAJU BABU, SRI.BRIJESH MOHAN
For the Respondents: SHRI.K.S.ARUN KUMAR
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| 1. petitioner seeks quashing of objections on building numbering. (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. court retains interim order and directs issuance of regular numbering. (Para 4) |
JUDGMENT
The above Writ Petition (C) is filed with the following prayers:
"(i) Issue a writ of certiorari or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, calling for the records leading to Ext.P9 to P13 as well as Ext.P19 and quash the same to the extent they deny the numbering the petitioner’s building constructed by the petitioner as per Ext.P6 and P7.
(ii) Declare that action evidenced by Ext.P19 raising a new objection non-existing in Ext.P9 and P12 is only to circumvent Ext.P17 judgment of this Hon'ble Court and thereby illegal and unsustainable.
(iii) Declare that the objections against numbering of the building constructed by the petitioner as requested by Ext.P6 and P7 based on Ext.P9 to P13 and P19 are arbitrary, discriminatory, illegal and unsustainable.
(iv) Issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, directing the respondents 1 and 2 to number the building constructed by the petitioner as per Ext.P5 building permit and as requested in Ext.P6 and P7 forthwith.
(v) issue such other and further orders which this Hon’ble Court may deem just and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case; and (vi) award costs to the petitioner.
(vii) petitioner may be permitted to dispense with the filing of translation of the vernacular documents; "
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2. When this writ petition came up for consideration before this Court on 04.09.2024, this Court passed the following order:
“Despite the order passed by this Court on 22.05.2024 and 08.08.2024, no counter has been filed by the Panchayat. In view of the above, there will be an interim order as prayed for, the respondents will provisionally number the building, if the same is constructed in terms of Ext.P5 building permit within three weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.
Post on 15.10.2024.”
3. Now the learned Senior counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for the Panchayat submitted that a provisional number is already given. Now the learned Senior counsel takes me through Exts.P30 and P31, by which the tax is already assessed and paid.
4. If that is the case, this writ petition need not be retained here. The interim order can be absolute and the Panchayat can be directed to give a regular number, in accordance with the law.
