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W.P.(C) Nos. 17394/2022 and connected cases, High Court of Kerala at Ernakulam
Case / Petition Number:W.P.(C) No. 17394 of 2022 and connected cases
Case Details & Bench
- Court
- High Court of Kerala
- Hon'ble Judges
- N. Nagareesh
- Judgment Date
- 2022-11-30
- Court Decision / Holding
- The writ petitions are dismissed. Petitioners directed to surrender seized vehicles released pursuant to interim orders forthwith. They are free to approach the competent court/authority for interim custody of vehicles or to compound the offences.
- Final Disposition
- Writ petitions dismissed; seizure and potential confiscation controlled under MMDR framework; vehicles to be surrendered; intervention possible via interim custody or compounding.
Parties to the Case
Appellants / Petitioners
- RAHUL P.U.
- ABDUL SALAM P. A.
- ABHIJITH P.M.
- KARTHIKA C.K.
- ABDUL RAFEEQUE C.K.
- JAMSHID P.
- SREELESH A. G.
- SURAJ T.P.
- ANNIE ISSAC
- JITHESH T.P.
- SANTHOSH N.K.
- ARUNJITH C.
- SHAJIR N.P.
- SANTHOSH N.K.
- MUHAMMED RASHID P.
- SHAJI T.
- SHOHILA?
Respondents
- GEOLOGIST DEPARTMENT OF MINING AND GEOLOGY, DISTRICT OFFICE, PALAKKAD
- REGIONAL TRANSPORT OFFICE, PALAKKAD
- TAHSILDAR KOYILANDI TALUK, KOZHIKKODE
- DEPUTY TAHSILDAR KOYILANDI TALUK
- THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER KOZHIKKODE TOWN POLICE STATION
- THE DISTRICT GEOLOGIST KOZHIKKODE
- THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KONDOTTY POLICE STATION
- THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER ERUMAPETTY POLICE STATION
- THE TAHSILDAR KOYILANDI TALUK
- THE VILLAGE OFFICER ARIKKULAM VILLAGE
- THE TAHSILDAR VATAKARA TALUK
- THE DEPUTY TAHSILDAR VATAKARA TALUK
- THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE KAKKUR POLICE STATION
- THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE THENHIPALAM POLICE STATION
- THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE VAZHAKKAD POLICE STATION
- STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, REVENUE DEPARTMENT
Legal Representation & Advocates
Counsels for Petitioners
- • BABU S. NAIR
Counsels for Respondents
- • SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER
Case Synopsis & Summary
The batch of writ petitions before the Kerala High Court question whether seizure and confiscation of minerals, tools, vehicles or other articles under the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (MMDR Act) can be sustained in the absence of constitution of Special Courts under Section 30B of the MMDR Act. The Court clarifies that seizure, pending prosecution, is permissible under general CrPC powers; confiscation under Section 21(4A) is a court-bound remedy that can be ordered by the court competent to take cognizance of the offence, even if no Special Court has been notified. The petitioners argued that without Special Courts there can be no prosecution or confiscation, rendering seizure unlawful. The State respondents contended that police officers have powers under CrPC to seize vehicles suspected of MMDR violations and that Section 22 requires a complaint by an authorised person for confiscation, but seizure itself can be effected under Section 102 CrPC, with reporting to the competent authority. The Court analyses Sections 21(4), 21(4A), 22, and 30B, and discusses the relationship between seizure, prosecution, cognizance, and confiscation. Relying on precedents such as Construction Material Movers, Pradeep S. Wodeyar, Gangula Ashok, Prakash Nayak, and Abdul Majeed Kalathil, the Court emphasizes that the MMDR framework permits police seizure and later confiscation by the appropriate court, even in the absence of Special Courts. Ultimately, the Court holds that the petitions lack merit and dismisses them, directing petitioners to surrender seized vehicles and noting they may seek interim custody or other remedies through proper channels.
Provisions of Law Cited
Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 – Section 4(1A); Section 21(4); Section 21(4A); Section 22; Section 30B; Section 30CCrPC – Sections 193, 451, 457Kerala Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Mining, Storage and Transportation) Rules, 2015 – Rule 26(4)
Legal Doctrines & Maxims
- Confiscation is a distinct proceeding under MMDR Act; Section 21(4A) empowers confiscation by the court competent to take cognizance; Special Courts under Section 30B are enabling, not mandatory; Police powers under Cr.P.C. remain unless expressly ousted by MMDR Act; Prosecution and confiscation, though cognate, are separate processes; Absence of a Special Court does not nullify seizure or confiscation under MMDR Act.
Submissions & Arguments
Contentions of Appellants / Petitioners
The petitioners submit that there can be no seizure or confiscation under the MMDR Act where Special Courts are not constituted under Section 30B. They contend that Section 21(4) authorizes seizure only; confiscation under Section 21(4A) requires a court that has cognizance of the offence, which in turn presupposes prosecution. Since no Special Court exists, there is no competent authority to take cognizance for confiscation, and thus seizures are invalid. They urge that without a valid seizure and without a cognizable offence tried in a Court, the vehicles should be released and interim custody should be granted accommodating the petitioners' possession pending proper determination. They also rely on various judgments to argue that the absence of Special Courts affects cognizance and that confiscation is connected to proceedings that require proper jurisdiction. Respondents: The respondents argue that under Section 102 Cr.P.C., police have the power to seize vehicles suspected of MMDR violations. They contend that a complaint is not a prerequisite for seizure; confiscation, however, is a matter of cognizance and is governed by Section 22 of the MMDR Act, which requires a complaint by an authorised person for launching proceedings. The Special Courts are enabling, and even in their absence, the general Cr.P.C. framework governs seizure and subsequent disposal through court processes; they rely on authorities such as Pradeep S. Wodeyar and Prakash Nayak to justify the validity of seizure and potential confiscation, as well as the broader powers of police under Cr.P.C. to seize assets pending cognizable offences.
Contentions of Respondents
Continued argument in support of the legality of seizure and potential confiscation notwithstanding absence of Special Courts; reliance on Full Bench Prakash Nayak; reliance on CrPC powers; caution that confiscation must follow cognizance of offence; the State asserts that the MMDR Act contemplates provisional custody and disposal of seized property per court directions.
Cited Precedents (15)
| Case Name | Citation | Treatment | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction Material Movers v. State of Kerala | 2008 (4) KLT 909 | Positive | Court uses it to classify ordinary sand/earth as a minor mineral under MMDR Act. |
| Pradeep S. Wodeyar v. State of Karnataka | 2021 (14) SCALE 303 | Positive | States that Special Courts cannot take cognizance of offences unless magistrate commits the case; supports position that absence of Special Courts does not nullify seizure/confiscation. |
| Gangula Ashok v. State of Andhra Pradesh | 2000 (1) KLT 609 | Overruled | Supreme Court overruled the Kerala Full Bench’s view; relevant to cognizance and special courts. |
| Hareendran v. Sarada | 1995 (1) KLT 231 | Distinguished | Full Bench decision distinguished by Gangula Ashok. |
| Prakash Nayak v. The District Collector, Kasaragod | AIR 2017 Ker. 55 | Positive | Full Bench discussed police powers and confiscation under MMDR. |
| Abdul Majeed Kalathil v. District Collector, Malappuram | 2009 (3) KLT 637 | Positive | Cited for MMDR-related procedures. |
| State of Uttar Pradesh v. Singhara Singh | AIR 1964 SC 358 | Mentioned Only | Cited among general principles. |
| Babu Varghese v. Bar Council of Kerala | (1999) 3 SCC 422 | Mentioned Only | Cited among authorities. |
| Chandra Kishore Jha v. Mahavir Prasad | (1999) 8 SCC 266 | Mentioned Only | Cited among authorities. |
| State of Jharkhand v. Ambay Cements | (2005) 1 SCC 368 | Mentioned Only | Cited among authorities. |
| Dipak Babaria and another v. State of Gujarat | (2014) 3 SCC 502 | Mentioned Only | Cited among authorities. |
| Zuari Cement Ltd. v. Regional Director, ESIC Hyderabad | (2015) 7 SCC 690 | Mentioned Only | Cited among authorities. |
| Vanaja v. State of Karnataka | (2001) 4 SCC 9 | Mentioned Only | Cited among authorities. |
| Opto Circuit India Ltd. v. Axis Bank and others | (2021) 6 SCC 707 | Mentioned Only | Cited among authorities. |
| Sunderbhai Ambalal Desai v. State of Gujarat | AIR 2003 SC 638 | Mentioned Only | Cited regarding speedy disposal of seized property. |
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
## **THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA,1944**
**WP(C) NO. 17394 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONER:**
**RAHUL P.U. AGED 29 YEARS S/O.UNNIKRISHNAN P.V., PADINJARE HOUSE, THENOOR, PARLI, PALAKKAD–678612.**
**BY ADV. BABU S. NAIR**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 THE GEOLOGIST DEPARTMENT OF MINING AND GEOLOGY, DISTRICT OFFICE, TOWN BUS STAND COMPLEX, PALAKKAD, PALAKKAD-678001.**
- **2 THE REGIONAL TRANSPORT OFFICER REGIONAL TRANSPORT OFFICE, PALAKKAD, PALAKKAD – 678001.**
**BY SMT.DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).20520/2022, 21614/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
**THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA,1944**
## **WP(C) NO. 20520 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONERS:**
**1 ABDUL SALAM P AGED 46 YEARS S/O.AMMED P., PURAPPILATT HOUSE, MUYIPOTH, MEPPAYUR, KOZHIKKODE - 673524 2 ABHIJITH P.M. AGED 26 YEARS S/O.ASHOKAN, KARAYATTUVALAPPIL HOUSE, NARAKKODE, KEEZHARIYOOR P.O., KOZHIKKODE – 673307.**
## **BY ADV. BABU S. NAIR.**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 THE GEOLOGIST DEPARTMENT OF MINING AND GEOLOGY, DISTRICT OFFICE, KOZHIKKODE, KOZHIKKODE – 673001.**
- **2 THE SPECIAL DEPUTY TAHSILDAR H SECTION, TALUK OFFICE, KOYILANDI, KOZHIKKODE – 673305.**
- **3 THE TAHSILDAR KOYILANDI TALUK, KOZHIKKODE – 673305.**
## **BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER.**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 3 :
## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
## **THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA,1944**
**WP(C) NO. 21614 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONER:**
**BINEESH AGED 38 YEARS S/O.RAJAN, CHITTADIPARAMBU HOUSE, KOTTOOLI P.O., KOZHIKKODE – 673016.**
**BY ADV. BABU S. NAIR.**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 THE GEOLOGIST DEPARTMENT OF MINING AND GEOLOGY, DISTRICT OFFICE, KOZHIKKODE, KOZHIKKODE – 673001.**
- **2 THE TAHSILDAR TALUK OFFICE, KOZHIKKODE, KOZHIKKODE – 673001.**
- **3 THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER KOZHIKKODE TOWN POLICE STATION, KOZHIKKODE – 673001.**
## **BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER.**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 4 :
## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
**THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA,1944 WP(C) NO. 27053 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONERS:**
**KARTHIKA C.K. AGED 50 YEARS W/O.KRISHNAN C.K., CHERUVAZHATH THAZHAKUNI HOUSE, KURAVANGAD P.O., KOYILANDI, KOZHIKKODE – 673101.**
**BY ADV. BABU S. NAIR.**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 THE TAHSILDAR KOYILANDI TALUK, KOZHIKKODE – 673305.**
- **2 THE VILLAGE OFFICER ARIKKULAM VILLAGE, KOZHIKKODE – 673305.**
**BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
## **THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA,1944**
## **WP(C) NO. 27423 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONER:**
**ABDUL RAFEEQUE C.K. AGED 44 YEARS S/O. MUHAMMED .C.K., AGED 44YEARS, KUDUKKIL HOUSE, ANDIYOORKUNNU, VALIYAPARAMBA.P.O., PULIKKAL, MALAPPURAM – 673637.**
## **BY ADV K.V.GOPINATHAN NAIR.**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 THE DISTRICT GEOLOGIST DEPARTMENT OF MINING AND GEOLOGY, MINI CIVIL STATION, MANJERI, MALAPPURAM – 676517.**
- **2 THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KONDOTTY POLICE STATION, KONDOTTY, MALAPPURAM – 673638.**
## **BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
## **THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA,1944**
## **WP(C) NO. 29586 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONER:**
**JAMSHID P AGED 32 YEARS S/O.MAMU, PARAKOTTU HOUSE, ILLATHUTHAZHAM, PANTHEERANKAVU P.O., PERUMANNA, KOZHIKKODE – 673019.**
**BY ADV. BABU S. NAIR.**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 THE TAHSILDAR KOZHIKKODE TALUK, KOZHIKKODE – 673001.**
- **2 THE DEPUTY TAHSILDAR KOZHIKKODE TALUK, KOZHIKKODE – 673001.**
**BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
## **THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944**
## **WP(C) NO. 29827 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONERS:**
- **1 SAJEESH P.B. AGED 42 YEARS S/O.BALAN P.K., PUTHANPURAKKAL HOUSE, KANJIRAKKODE, KUMARANALLUR, THRISSUR – 680590.**
- **2 KANNAN P.G. AGED 33 YEARS S/O.GOPALAN, PISANTHI PUNCHAYIL HOUSE, MANGAD,KOTTUPURAM, THRISSUR – 680667.**
## **BY ADV. BABU S. NAIR.**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER ERUMAPETTY POLICE STATION, THRISSUR DISTRICT – 680584.**
- **2 THE GEOLOGIST DEPARTMENT OF MINING AND GEOLOGY, DISTRICT OFFICE, THRISSUR, THRISSUR – 680001.**
## **BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
## **THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944**
**WP(C) NO. 29847 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONER:**
**MUHAMMED RASHIK A AGED 26 YEARS S/O.ASSANKOYA A., ARAMBACHALIL HOUSE, PAYADITHAZHAM, PANTHEERANKAVU, KOZHIKKODE – 673019.**
## **BY ADV. BABU S. NAIR.**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER VAZHAKKAD POLICE STATION, MALAPPURAM – 673640.**
- **2 THE GEOLOGIST DEPARTMENT OF MINING AND GEOLOGY, DISTRICT OFFICE, MANJERI, MALAPPURAM – 676121.**
## **BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
**THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944**
**WP(C) NO. 29973 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONER:**
**ASHOK KUMAR AGED 52 YEARS S/O.RAMAKRISHNAN NAIR, MARANCHERI PUTHANPURA HOUSE, ASAMANNUR,PERUMBAVOOR, ERNAKULAM – 683549.**
**BY ADV. BABU S. NAIR.**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 THE TAHSILDAR VATAKARA TALUK, KOZHIKKODE – 673101.**
- **2 THE DEPUTY TAHSILDAR VATAKARA TALUK, KOZHIKKODE – 673101.**
## **BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
## **THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944**
**WP(C) NO. 31585 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONER:**
**SUBHADRA C.K. AGED 65 YEARS W/O.KUTTIKRISHNAN, POOPARAMBIL HOUSE, VARAVOOR P.O., THRISSUR – 680585.**
**BY ADV. BABU S. NAIR.**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER WADAKKANCHERY POLICE STATION, WADAKKANCHERY, THRISSUR – 680582.**
- **2 THE DISTRICT GEOLOGIST DISTRICT OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF MINING AND GEOLOGY, MINI CIVIL STATION, CHEMBUKKAVU, THRISSUR – 680020.**
## **BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
## **THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944**
## **WP(C) NO. 31607 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONERS:**
**SREELESH AGED 30 YEARS S/O.SREENIVASAN, NADUVILAYIL HOUSE, KUNNATHARA, ULLIYERI, MODAKKALLUR, ATHOLI, KOZHIKKODE – 673315.**
**BY ADV. K.RAKESH.**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
**1 THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER BALUSSERY POLICE STATION, BALUSSERY,KOZHIKKODE – 673612. 2 THE DISTRICT GEOLOGIST DISTRICT OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF MINING AND GEOLOGY, CIVIL STATION, PALATTUTHAZHAM, KOZHIKKODE – 673020.**
## **BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
## **THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944**
## **WP(C) NO. 31997 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONER:**
**SURAJ T.P. AGED 38 YEARS S/O.RAJAN E.M., VARAKANDY MEETHAL HOUSE, KOLAKKAD P.O., ATHOLI, KOZHIKKODE – 673315.**
**BY ADV K.RAKESH.**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 THE DEPUTY TAHSILAR TALUK OFFICE, KOYILANDI, KOZHIKKODE – 673315.**
- **2 THE TAHSILDAR TALUK OFFICE, KOYILANDI, KOZHIKKODE – 673315.**
- **3 THE DISTRICT GEOLOGIST DISTRICT OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF MINING AND GEOLOGY, KOZHIKKODE – 673001.**
## **BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
**THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944**
**WP(C) NO. 32240 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONER:**
**ANNIE ISSAC AGED 61 YEARS W/O.PAILY ISSAC, KAVANAMATTOM HOUSE, ASAMANNOOR, ERNAKULAM – 683543.**
**BY ADV. BABU S. NAIR.**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 THE TAHSILDAR VATAKARA TALUK, KOZHIKKODE – 673101.**
- **2 THE DEPUTY TAHSILDAR VATAKARA TALUK, KOZHIKKODE – 673101.**
## **BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
## **THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944 WP(C) NO. 32252 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONER:**
**JITHESH T.P. AGED 47 YEARS S/O.KRISHNAN, THAVARAPARAMBATH HOUSE, MAYYANNUR P.O, VILLYAPPALLI, KOZHIKKODE – 673542.**
**BY ADV BABU S. NAIR**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
**1 THE TAHSILDAR VATAKARA TALUK, KOZHIKKODE – 673101. 2 THE DEPUTY TAHSILDAR VATAKARA TALUK, KOZHIKKODE – 673101.**
## **BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
**THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944**
**WP(C) NO. 32272 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONER:**
**ASHOK KUMAR M.R. AGED 58 YEARS S/O.RAMAKRISHNAN NAIR, MARACHERI PUTHANPURA HOUSE, METHALA P.O., ASAMANNUR, ERNAKULAM – 683545.**
**BY ADV BABU S. NAIR.**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 THE TAHSILDAR VATAKARA TALUK, KOZHIKKODE – 673101.**
- **2 THE DEPUTY TAHSILDAR VATAKARA TALUK, KOZHIKKODE – 673101.**
## **BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
## **THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944**
## **WP(C) NO. 33168 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONERS:**
**1 JULAISE AGED 42 YEARS S/O.MAMMAD KOYA, THAMARAMANGALATH KUNIYIL, CHELANNUR, KANNANKARA, KOZHIKKODE – 673616. 2 P.C. ASHARAF AGED 50 YEARS S/O.HUSSAIN, PERIKORACHALIL HOUSE, NARIKKUNI, KOZHIKKODE – 673585.**
**BY ADV. K.RAKESH.**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER KAKKUR POLICE STATION, KOZHIKKODE – 673613.**
- **2 THE DISTRICT GEOLOGIST DISTRICT OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF MINING AND GEOLOGY, CIVIL STATION, PALATTUTHAZHAM, KOZHIKKODE – 673020.**
**BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
## **THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944**
## **WP(C) NO. 33438 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONER:**
**BINU P., AGED 45 YEARS S/O. PURUSHOTHAMAN, ANIL BHAVAN, VATTAPPARA, KOTTAVATTOM P.O, KOLLAM-691322.**
## **BY ADV. SERGI JOSEPH THOMAS.**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, KOLLAM,COLLECTORATE, KOLLAM - 691013.**
- **2 THE REVENUE DIVISIONAL OFFICER, PUNALUR - 691305.**
- **3 THE TAHSILAR, (L.R) , PUNALUR - 691305.**
- **4 THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, PUNALUR POLICE STATION - 691305.**
## **BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
## **THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944**
## **WP(C) NO. 33515 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONER:**
**SHIBILAL N AGED 36 YEARS S/O.SIVADASAN, PUNNATHUVAYALIL HOUSE, MOODADI, MUCHUKUNNU, KOZHIKKODE – 673307.**
**BY ADV. BABU S. NAIR.**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 THE TAHSILDAR KOYILANDI TALUK, KOZHIKKODE – 673101.**
- **2 THE VILLAGE OFFICER KEEZHARIYUR VILLAGE, KOZHIKKODE – 673307.**
## **BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
## **THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944**
## **WP(C) NO. 33673 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONERS:**
- **1 MUHAMMED RASHIK A AGED 31 YEARS S/O.ASSANKOYA A., ARAMBACHALIL HOUSE, PAYADITHAZHAM, PANTHEERANKAVU, KOZHIKKODE – 673019.**
- **2 ANAS C.K. AGED 33 YEARS S/O.VEERANKUTTY THEERKULATH HOUSE, CHEMMANGOTTUKUTTIYIL, CHELEMBRA P.O., MALAPPURAM – 673631.**
**BY ADV. BABU S. NAIR.**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE/STATION HOUSE OFFICER, KONDOTTY POLICE STATION, MALAPPURAM – 673638.**
- **2 THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE KONDOTTY POLICE STATION, MALAPPURAM – 673638.**
## **BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
## **THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944**
## **WP(C) NO. 33861 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONER:**
**SANTHOSH N.K. AGED 45 YEARS S/O.DASAN, THAZHE ELENTHANGATTU HOUSE, RAMANATTUKARA P.O., KOZHIKKODE – 673633.**
**BY ADV. BABU S. NAIR.**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE/STATION HOUSE OFFICER KONDOTTY POLICE STATION, MALAPPURAM – 673638.**
- **2 THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE KONDOTTY POLICE STATION, MALAPPURAM – 673638.**
## **BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
## **THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944**
## **WP(C) NO. 33865 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONER:**
**ARUNJITH C AGED 35 YEARS S/O.CHERUNNI C., THAYYIL HOUSE, PULIKKAL, MALAPPURAM – 673637.**
**BY ADV. BABU S. NAIR.**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE/STATION HOUSE OFFICER KONDOTTY POLICE STATION, MALAPPURAM – 673638.**
- **2 THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE KONDOTTY POLICE STATION, MALAPPURAM – 673638.**
## **BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
## **THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944 WP(C) NO. 33874 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONER:**
**SUDHEER T AGED 43 YEARS S/O.NARAYANAN T., THEEYATH HOUSE, VALIYAPARAMBIL, FEROKE P.O., KOZHIKKODE – 673631.**
**BY ADV. BABU S. NAIR.**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE/STATION HOUSE OFFICER KONDOTTY POLICE STATION, MALAPPURAM – 673638.**
- **2 THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE KONDOTTY POLICE STATION, MALAPPURAM – 673638.**
**BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
## **THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944**
## **WP(C) NO. 33941 OF 2022**
**PETITIONER:**
**SHAJI AGED 39 YEARS S/O THIRUMALA, AGED 39, MANAYATH THAZHAM, KEEZHARIYOOR, KOILANDY, CALICUT – 673305.**
**BY ADV. K.M.FIROZ.**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, REVENUE DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM – 695001.**
- **2 THE TAHSILDAR TALUK OFFICE, KOILANDY TALUK, KOZHIKODE – 673305.**
- **3 THE DEPUTY TAHSILDAR TALUK OFFICE, KOILANDY TALUK, KOZHIKODE – 673305.**
- **4 JUNIOR SUPERINTENDENT TALUK OFFICE, KOILANDY TALUK, KOZHIKODE – 673605.**
- **5 THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR COLLECTORATE, CIVIL STATION, KOZHIKODE DISTRICT – 673020.**
## **BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
## **THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944**
## **WP(C) NO. 34133 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONERS:**
**1 VIJEESH P AGED 34 YEARS S/O.VIJAYAN, 12/478, PAZHAMKANDATHIL HOUSE, SUKAPURAM P.O., EDAPPAL, MALAPPURAM – 679576. 2 SHAJEER N.P. AGED 30 YEARS S/O.N.P. ABBAS, NEDUMOOLI HOUSE, POTTAMMAL, FAROOK COLLEGE P.O., RAMANATTUKARA, KOZHIKKODE – 673632.**
**BY ADV. BABU S. NAIR.**
## **RESPONDENT:**
**THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE THENHIPALAM POLICE STATION, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT – 673636.**
## **BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
**THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944**
**WP(C) NO. 34381 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONER:**
**MUHAMMED RASHID P AGED 29 YEARS S/O.ABOOBACKER P., ELEDATH HOUSE, PULIKKAL P.O., MALAPPURAM – 673637.**
**BY ADV. BABU S. NAIR.**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE KONDOTTY POLICE STATION, MALAPPURAM – 673638.**
- **2 THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE KONDOTTY POLICE STATION, MALAPPURAM – 673638.**
## **BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
## **THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944**
## **WP(C) NO. 34485 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONERS:**
**1 SHAMEER ALI N AGED 36 YEARS S/O.ABDUL AZEEZ N., MATTUMMAL HOUSE, KOZHIPPURAM, PALLIKKAL, MALAPPURAM – 673634.**
**2 SUBHA AGED 41 YEARS W/O.SHAJI, MUTHIRAKALLU NILATHUKUNI, THIKKODI P.O., KOZHIKKODE – 673529.**
**BY ADV. BABU S. NAIR.**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 THE TAHSILDAR VATAKARA TALUK, KOZHIKKODE – 673101.**
- **2 THE DEPUTY TAHSILDAR VATAKARA TALUK, KOZHIKKODE – 673101.**
## **BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
## **THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944**
## **WP(C) NO. 34517 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONERS:**
**1 VIJAYAN K AGED 67 YEARS S/O.KRISHNAN K.K., PARAYULLA PARAMBATH HOUSE, KARIMBANAPPALAM, VATAKARA, KOZHIKKODE – 673101. 2 BIJU P AGED 47 YEARS S/O.MUKUNDAN, PADANNAYIL HOUSE, 19/432, VATAKARA, KOZHIKKODE – 673101.**
**BY ADV. K.RAKESH.**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 THE TAHSILDAR VATAKARA TALUK, KOZHIKKODE – 673101.**
- **2 THE VILLAGE OFFICER NADAKKUTHAZHA VILLAGE OFFICE, VATAKARA P.O., KOZHIKKODE – 673101.**
## **BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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**IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
**THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944 WP(C) NO. 34680 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONER:**
**RAJITH K.V. AGED 41 YEARS S/O.RAJAN K.V.,**
**KARAKKEPURATH THAZHAM, KODAKKATTUMURI, MUCHUKUNNU P.O., KOZHIKKODE – 673307.**
**BY ADV. BABU S. NAIR.**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE PAYYOLI POLICE STATION, KOZHIKKODE – 673523.**
- **2 THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE PAYYOLI POLICE STATION, KOZHIKKODE – 673523.**
## **BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
## **THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944**
## **WP(C) NO. 34806 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONERS:**
- **1 FASEEH A.K. AGED 26 YEARS S/O.SIDDIQUE A.K., AMBANADATH HOUSE, CHOLAKKODE, CHERUKAVU, MALAPPURAM – 673637.**
- **2 SULFIKAR T.P. AGED 28 YEARS PARAKKAL PARAMBU HOUSE, MUNDILAKKAL, MUTHUVALLUR, MALAPPURAM – 673641.**
**BY ADV. K.RAKESH.**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE VAZHAKKAD POLICE STATION, MALAPPURAM – 673640.**
- **2 THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE VAZHAKKAD POLICE STATION, MALAPPURAM – 673640.**
**BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
## **THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944 WP(C) NO. 34952 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONER:**
**MUHAMMED**
**AGED 52 YEARS S/O.MOIDEEN, POOLATT HOUSE, KARIPUR P.O., PALLIKKAL, MALAPPURAM – 673647.**
**BY ADV. BABU S. NAIR.**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE THENHIPALAM POLICE STATION, MALAPPURAM – 673636.**
- **2 THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE THENHIPALAM POLICE STATION, MALAPPURAM – 673636.**
## **BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
## **THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944**
## **WP(C) NO. 35102 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONER:**
**REMITHA T AGED 30 YEARS D/O.JAYANANDAN E., RAJATHAM, PALAYAD P.O., ANDALOOR, KANNUR – 670661.**
**BY ADV. K.RAKESH.**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE VAZHAKKAD POLICE STATION, MALAPPURAM – 673640.**
- **2 THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE VAZHAKKAD POLICE STATION, MALAPPURAM – 673640.**
**BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
**THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944**
## **WP(C) NO. 35434 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONER:**
**HIROSH O.K. AGED 38 YEARS S/O.CHANDRAN O.K., KOOLICHALAKKAL HOUSE, MAKKADA P.O., KOZHIKKODE – 673611.**
**BY ADV. K.RAKESH.**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE KAKKOOR POLICE STATION, KOZHIKKODE – 673613.**
- **2 THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE KAKKOOR POLICE STATION, KOZHIKKODE – 673613.**
## **BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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# **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
# **PRESENT**
**THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944**
## **WP(C) NO. 35456 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONERS:**
**1 MOHAMED ARIS, AGED 45 YEARS S/O. ABOOBACKER, KARINGAPARA HOUSE, VETTICHIRA, KURUMBATHUR, PUNNATHALA, MALAPPURAM - 676522 (REGISTERED OWNER OF KL-55-X-6362 JCB). 2 MUSTHAFA, AGED 49 YEARS, S/O. KOYA, VETTIKATT MADATHIL HOUSE, ATHAVANAD P.O., TIRUR, MALAPPURAM - 676301. (REGISTERED OWNER OF KL-55-K-5102 MINI LORRY). 3 SAIDALÄVI, AGED 61 YEARS, S/O. ALAVI HAJI, 10/756, ATHIKKATT, ATHAVANAD, KURUMBATHOOR, TIRUR, MALAPPURAM - 67630. (REGISTERED OWNER OF KL-57-B-4669 - MINI LORRY).**
**BY ADV. K.K.MOHAMED RAVUF.**
**RESPONDENT:**
**THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, VALANCHERRY POLICE STATION, VALANCHERRY, MALAPPURAM - 676552.**
**BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
## **THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944**
## **WP(C) NO. 35601 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONER:**
**MUHAMMED YASIR P AGED 30 YEARS S/O.SAIDALI, 49/18, KURURAMBATHOOR P.O., TIRUR, MALAPPURAM – 676301.**
**BY ADV. BABU S. NAIR.**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE MALAPPURAM POLICE STATION, MALAPPURAM – 676505.**
- **2 THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE MALAPPURAM POLICE STATION, MALAPPURAM – 676505.**
**BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
## **THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944**
## **WP(C) NO. 35613 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONER:**
**JALEEL AGED 42 YEARS S/O.AHAMMED, PERUVANKUZHIYIL HOUSE, VALAKKULAM P.O., MALAPPURAM – 676508.**
**BY ADV. BABU S. NAIR.**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE TIRURANGADI POLICE STATION, MALAPPURAM – 676306.**
- **2 THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE TIRURANGADI POLICE STATION, MALAPPURAM – 676306.**
**BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
## **THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944 WP(C) NO. 35788 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONER:**
**SHAIBU P AGED 43 YEARS S/O.P. KRISHNAN, P.K. INFRASTRUCTURE, 5/3403, C311, SPACE MALL, JAFARKHAN COLONY ROAD, KOZHIKKODE, KOZHIKKODE – 673001.**
**BY ADV. BABU S. NAIR.**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 THE TAHSILDAR TALUK OFFICE, KOZHIKKODE – 673001.**
- **2 THE VILLAGE OFFICER KOTTOOLI VILLAGE, KOZHIKKODE – 673004.**
## **BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
## **THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944 WP(C) NO. 36136 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONER:**
**ASIF ALI, AGED 30 YEARS SON OF MOITHEENKUTTY, AGED 30 YEARS, NIRAPARAMBIL HOUSE, PAZHOOR P.O., NADUVATTOM VILLAGE, TIRUR TALUK, MALAPPURAM – 679571. (OWNER OF A TIPPER LORRY BEARING REGISTRATION NO. KL-23-C-2929)**
**BY ADVS. P.M.ZIRAJ IRFAN ZIRAJ**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, VALANCHERY POLICE STATION, MALAPPURAM – 676552.**
- **2 THE DISTRICT GEOLOGIST, MALAPPURAM, OFFICE OF DISTRICT GEOLOGIST, MANJERI, MALAPPURAM – 676121.**
## **BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
**THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944**
## **WP(C) NO. 36137 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONER:**
**NOORUDHEEN AGED 48 YEARS S/O.SAINUDHEEN, KIZHAKKEPEEDIYEKKAL HOUSE, TRIPRANGODE, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT PIN - 676108**
**BY ADV BABU S. NAIR**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
**1 THE TAHSILDAR TALUK OFFICE, TIRUR, MALAPPURAM – 676101. 2 THE VILLAGE OFFICER THIRUNAVAYA VILLAGE, MALAPPURAM – 676301.**
**BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
## **THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944**
**WP(C) NO. 36287 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONER:**
**ANEESH KUMAR AGED 38 YEARS S/O.KUTTINARAYANAN NAIR, KOMMOTH MEETHAL HOUSE, KAKKANCHERY, ULLIYERI P.O., KOYILANDI, KOZHIKKODE – 673620.**
**BY ADV. K.RAKESH.**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 THE TAHSILDAR KOYILANDI TALUK KOZHIKKODE – 673305.**
- **2 THE SPECIAL DEPUTY TAHSILDAR KOYILANDI TALUK KOZHIKKODE – 673305.**
**BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
## **THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944**
**WP(C) NO. 36289 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONER:**
**SHEIK HAKKIM AGED 42 YEARS, S/O. SULAIMAN, ANKARA VEEDU, NELLOOR, THAROOR, PALAKKAD – 673620.**
**BY ADV. K.RAKESH.**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 THE TAHSILDAR, KOYILANDI TALUK, KOZHIKKODE – 673305.**
- **2 THE SPECIAL DEPUTY TAHSILDAR, KOYILANDI TALUK, KOZHIKKODE – 673305.**
**BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
## **THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH**
**WEDNESDAY, THE 30[TH] DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022/9TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944**
## **WP(C) NO. 36307 OF 2022**
## **PETITIONER:**
**RANEESH P.M. AGED 35 YEARS S/O.RAGHAVAN, PARAMBATH MEETHAL, ULLIYERI P.O., KUNNATHARA, KOZHIKKODE – 673620.**
**BY ADV. K.RAKESH.**
## **RESPONDENTS:**
- **1 THE TAHSILDAR KOYILANDI TALUK KOZHIKKODE – 673305.**
- **2 THE SPECIAL DEPUTY TAHSILDAR KOYILANDI TALUK KOZHIKKODE – 673305.**
**BY SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER**
**THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).17394/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **CR**
## **N. NAGARESH, J.**
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_Dated this the 30[th] day of November, 2022_
## **J U D G M E N T**
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The question posed for consideration in these writ petitions is whether any mineral, tool, equipment, vehicle or any other thing can be seized under Section 21(4) of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 and whether seized articles are liable to be confiscated under Section 21(4A), when no Special Court is constituted as contemplated under Section 30B of the Act, 1957. The
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petitioners would urge that seizure cannot be effected when no Special Court is notified under Section 30B.
2. In all the writ petitions in this batch of writ petitions, vehicles owned by the petitioners were seized by Police Officers / Revenue Officials alleging contravention of the provisions of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the MMDR Act’, for short) and the Rules made thereunder.
3. The petitioners state that confiscation of any property including vehicles seized, can be only by an order of the Court competent to take cognisance of the offence under the MMDR Act. Section 30B of the MMDR Act mandated the State Government to constitute Special Court/s for speedy disposal of cases. The State Government has not constituted Special Courts so far.
4. If any complaint is made before any court, the parties can approach the courts for getting interim custody of vehicles, either under Section 451 or under Section 457 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Since the State has
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not constituted Special Courts, there cannot be any prosecution for the offence and without a prosecution, there cannot be any confiscation, assert the petitioners. If confiscation is not legal, the seizure would also be bad in the eye of law.
5. The petitioners would further argue that the authorities who seized the vehicles are not officers specially empowered to effect seizure and the seizure is unsustainable on that score also. The authorities cannot even file a complaint in respect of the alleged offences, as there is no Special Court legally constituted. Unlike in other enactments like the Customs Act, Abkari Act, etc. providing separate parallel confiscation proceedings, under the MMDR Act only the court competent to take cognisance under Section 22 alone has power to confiscate. As there is no court competent to confiscate, there cannot be legal seizure, urged the petitioners.
6. The Special Government Pleader appearing for the respondents resisted the writ petition. As regards the
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competency of officials to effect seizure, the Special Government Pleader argued that under Section 102 Cr.P.C., a police officer has power to seize any vehicle found under suspicious circumstances of commission of any offence. The Government Pleader relied on the Full Bench judgment in _**Prakash Nayak v. District Collector** [AIR 2017 Ker. 55]_ in support of the proposition. A complaint from the competent authority is not necessary for the police to seize any vehicle.
7. When a police officer seizes a vehicle found under suspicious circumstances, the Police has to report such seizure to the jurisdictional Magistrate. If a vehicle is seized by a police officer suspecting violation of the provisions of the MMDR Act, the seizure will be reported to the Person Authorised, in view of Section 22 of the MMDR Act. A complaint from Person Authorised is not necessary for the police to seize a vehicle involved / suspected to be involved in an offence under the MMDR Act, contended the Government Pleader.
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8. The Hon’ble Supreme Court has held in _**Pradeep S. Wodeyar v. State of Karnataka** [2021 (14) SCALE 303]_ that the Sessions Court shall not take cognisance of an offence as a court of original jurisdiction unless the Magistrate commits the case to it. Under the MMDR Act, a Special Court cannot take cognisance of an offence as the Act does not empower the Special Court to take cognisance, urged the Government Pleader.
9. The counsel for the petitioners Sri. Babu S. Nair, on the other hand, argued that Section 30B of the MMDR Act mandates that Special Courts have to be constituted by the State for trying cases under the MMDR Act. When a power is given by the statute to do certain thing in a certain way, the things must be done in that way or not all and that other methods of performance are necessarily forbidden. As Special Courts are not constituted as mandated, there can be no prosecution and, in turn, there cannot be any confiscation. The seizure of vehicles of the petitioners is therefore highly arbitrary and is liable to be interfered with by
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this Court.
10. The counsel for the petitioner relied on the judgments of the Hon’ble Apex Court in _**State of Uttar Pradesh v. Singhara Singh and others** [AIR 1964 SC 358],_ _**Babu Varghese v. Bar Council of Kerala** [(1999) 3 SCC 422],_ _**Chandra Kishore Jha v. Mahavir Prasad and others** [(1999) 8 SCC 266],_ _**State of Jharkhand v. Ambay Cements** [(2005) 1 SCC 368],_ _**Dipak Babaria and another v. State of Gujarat and others** [(2014) 3 SCC 502],_ _**Zuari Cement Ltd. v. Regional Director, ESIC Hyderabad and others** [(2015) 7 SCC 690],_ _**Vanaja v. State of Karnataka** [(2001) 4 SCC 9]_ and _**Opto Circuit India Limited v. Axis Bank and others** [(2021) 6 SCC 707]_ , to urge the point. 11. Relying on the judgment of the Apex Court in _**Sunderbhai Ambalal Desai v. State of Gujarat** [AIR 2003 SC 638]_ , the counsel for the petitioner argued that it is of no use to keep seized vehicles at the police station for a long period and the court shall pass orders immediately by taking appropriate bond and guarantee as well as security for return
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of the vehicles. In most of these cases, the seizure has not been even reported to the court / Person Authorised.
12. According to the counsel for the petitioners, the Hon’ble Apex Court has held in _**Pradeep S. Wodeyar**_ (supra) that under Section 193 Cr.P.C., the Sessions Court shall not take cognisance of an offence as a court of original jurisdiction unless the Magistrate commits the case to it. But, the Apex Court has stated that there is exception when the statute expressly provides for otherwise. The MMDR Act does not provide that the Special Court could directly take cognisance of the offence. In Kerala, the State Government has not even constituted Special Courts.
13. I have heard M/s. Babu S. Nair, K. Rakesh, K.V. Gopinathan Nair, K.M. Firoz, K.K. Mohamed Rauf and P.M. Siraj, learned counsel appearing for various petitioners in the writ petitions and Smt. Deepa Narayanan, learned Senior Government Pleader representing the respondents.
14. The crux of the case projected by the petitioners is that since Section 30B of the MMDR Act contemplates
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constitution of Special Courts to try offences under the Act and since Special Courts are not constituted by the Government, prosecution is not possible and without prosecution, there cannot be any confiscation. If there cannot be a confiscation, then there cannot be any seizure either. If the petitioners’ arguments are rejected, then a question would arise as to the competent courts which are to prosecute offences under the MMDR Act and which are competent to confiscate vehicles seized under the provisions of the Act.
15. At the outset, it is to be noted that though prosecution proceedings and confiscation proceedings may arise out of the same set of facts, they are distinct and different. Under Section 21(4A) of the MMDR Act, the court competent to take cognisance of the offence is empowered to confiscate any mineral, tool, equipment, vehicle or any other thing seized. Trial of the offences under the MMDR Act should be by Special Courts which are to be deemed as Court of Sessions, in view of Sections 30B and 30C of the
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Act. The conferral power of confiscation of vehicles is not dependent on whether a criminal prosecution for commission of offence under the MMDR Act has been launched against the offender. Confiscation is a separate and distinct proceeding from that of trial.
16. An examination of the Scheme of the MMDR Act and the relevant provisions of the Cr.P.C. would indeed make abundantly clear the intention of the legislature. The MMDR Act is intended to provide for the development and regulation of mines and minerals. The vehicles involved in all these writ petitions were seized when they were found transporting ordinary earth / red earth without permits/passes. This Court in _**Construction Material Movers v. State of Kerala** [2008 (4) KLT 909]_ has held that ordinary sand/earth is a minor mineral. As per Section 2(e), “minor minerals” would include ordinary sand.
17. Section 4(1A) provides that no person shall transport or store or cause to be transported or stored any mineral otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of
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the MMDR Act. As per Rule 26(4) of the Kerala Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Mining, Storage and Transportation) Rules, 2015 framed under the MMDR Act, any consignment of minerals without a valid Mineral Transit Pass shall be considered as illicit. Vehicles involved in these writ petitions were seized finding that the sand/earth carried were without valid passes/permits.
18. Sections 21 and 22 of the MMDR Act read as follows:
**21. Penalties** ― (1) Whoever contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) or sub-section (1A) of section 4 shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years and with fine which may extend to five lakh rupees per hectare of the area.
(2) Any rule made under any provision of this Act may provide that any contravention thereof shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or with fine which may extend to five lakh rupees, or with both, and in the case of a continuing contravention, with additional fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees for every day during which such contravention continues after conviction for the first such contravention.
(3) Where any person trespasses into any land in contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 4, such trespasser may be served with an order of eviction by the State Government or any authority authorised in this behalf by that
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Government and the State Government or such authorised authority may, if necessary, obtain the help of the police to evict the trespasser from the land.
(4) Whenever any person raises, transports or causes to be raised or transported, without any lawful authority, any mineral from any land, and, for that purpose, uses any tool, equipment, vehicle or any other thing, such mineral tool, equipment, vehicle or any other thing shall be liable to be seized by an officer or authority specially empowered in this behalf.
(4A) Any mineral, tool, equipment, vehicle or any other thing seized under sub-section (4), shall be liable to be confiscated by an order of the court competent to take cognizance of the offence under sub-section (1) and shall be disposed of in accordance with the directions of such court.
(5) Whenever any person raises, without any lawful authority, any mineral from any land, the State Government may recover from such person the mineral so raised, or, where such mineral has already been disposed of, the price thereof, and may also recover from such person, rent, royalty or tax, as the case may be, for the period during which the land was occupied by such person without any lawful authority.
(6) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), an offence under sub-section (1) shall be cognizable.
Explanation – On and from the date of commencement of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2021, the expression “raising, transporting or causing to raise or transport any mineral without any lawful authority” occurring in this Section, shall mean raising, transporting or causing to raise or transport any mineral by a person without prospecting licence, mining lease or composite
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licence or in contravention of the rules made under Section 23C.
**22. Cognizance of offences** ― No court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under this Act or any rules made thereunder except upon complaint in writing made by a person authorised in this behalf by the Central Government or the State Government.
Under Section 21(4A), any vehicle seized under sub-section (4) is liable to be confiscated by an order of the court competent to take cognisance of the offence.
19. The Apex Court in the judgment in _**Pradeep S. Wodeyar**_ (supra) has held that Special Court does not have, in the absence of a specific provision in the MMDR Act, the power to take cognisance of an offence under the Act without the case being committed to it by the Magistrate under Section 209 Cr.P.C. Therefore, it is evident that it is the Magistrate’s Court which is competent to take cognisance of any offence under the MMDR Act and the power to confiscate vehicles involved in offences under the MMDR Act is vested with the court competent to take cognisance under Section 21(4A). Therefore, non-constitution of Special Courts
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under Section 30B cannot affect seizure and confiscation proceedings under the MMDR Act.
20. Now, let us examine whether the constitution of the Special Court is a mandatory requirement under Section 30B and whether absence of duly constituted Special Court would make prosecution of the offences under the Act impossible. Section 30B of the MMDR Act reads as follows:
**30B. Constitution of Special Courts** ― (1) The State Government may, for the purposes of providing speedy trial of offences for contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1) or sub-section (1A) of section 4, constitute, by notification, as many Special Courts as may be necessary for such area or areas, as may be specified in the notification.
(2) A Special Court shall consist of a Judge who shall be appointed by the State Government with the concurrence of the High Court.
(3) A person shall not be qualified for appointment as a judge of a Special Court unless he is or has been a District and Sessions Judge.
(4) Any person aggrieved by the order of the Special Court may prefer an appeal to the High Court within a period of sixty days from the date of such order.
The words “The State Government **may** ” with which Section
30B begins would only show that the Section is only an enabling provision for the State to constitute Special Courts
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for the purpose of speedy trial of offences under the Act. Section 30B does not give mandatory direction to constitute Special Courts.
21. If Special Courts are not established, the prosecution and trial of offences under the MMDR Act would be governed by the general provisions of the Cr.P.C. The MMDR Act neither expressly nor by implication states that Special Court can take cognisance of the offences under the Act as a court of original jurisdiction without the case being committed to it. There is no reason to think that charge sheet or a complaint can straight away be filed before the Special Court. In the judgment in _**Gangula Ashok v. State of AP** [2000 (1) KLT 609]_ , the Hon’ble Apex Court expressed disagreement with the Full Bench judgment of Kerala High Court in _**Hareendran v. Sarada** [1995 (1) KLT 231]_ and concurred with the judgment of Andhra Pradesh High Court in _**Referring Officer rep. by State of AP v. Shekar Nair** [1999 Carl.L.J 4173]_ which held that the mere fact that no procedure is prescribed or specified under the Special Act
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does not mean that the Special Act dispenses with the procedure for committal of case triable by Court of Sessions and that the Special Court gets original jurisdiction in the matter of initiations, enquiry or trial. There is no good reason why the procedural provisions of Cr.P.C. relating to power and mode of taking cognisance including Section 193 Cr.P.C. should not be applied to the Special Courts.
22. A Full Bench of this Court has considered the issue in _**Prakash Nayak v. The District Collector, Kasaragod and others** [AIR 2017 Ker. 55]_ and has held as follows:
27. The general powers of the police for arrest and seizure under the Code of Criminal Procedure are not specifically ousted or excluded by any of the provisions of the MMDR Act. On the other hand the offence punishable under Section 21 is made specifically cognizable also. That the offence is made cognizable means that any police officer, competent and empowered to act under the Code of Criminal Procedure, is competent to make arrest and to make seizure of properties, but prosecution can be launched only by the persons authorised by the Government under Section 22 of the MMDR Act. Contraband articles including minerals are liable to confiscation by court orders under Sub Section 4A of Section 21 of the MMDR Act. The latter part of the Sub Section provides that the property shall be disposed of in accordance with
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the directions of such court. This means that appropriate orders including confiscation orders can be passed by the court having jurisdiction to take cognizance of an offence punishable under Sub Section (1) of Section 21, on a complaint brought by any officer authorised under Section 22 of the MMDR Act. Appropriate orders meant under Sub Section 4A will include even interim orders authorising interim custody under Section 451 of the Coder of Criminal Procedure. The object of Sub Section 4A of Section 21 is not that the property seized under Sub Section 4 shall be liable to confiscation in all situations. What we find on an analysis of the various provisions is that confiscation of properties is authorised under Sub Section 4A, by orders of the court having jurisdiction. However the court is competent to pass appropriate orders, for disposal of the properties. In appropriate cases where the facts and situations are of extreme violation, confiscation will have to be ordered by the court. However, in the case of minerals illicitly transported or imported, confiscation must be the rule. But in the case of vehicles and other articles, appropriate orders including confiscation orders can be passed by the court having jurisdiction, and such properties can be appropriately dealt with.
## In paragraph 29, the Full Bench further made the following findings on the general powers of the police under the Cr.P.C.:
29. As discussed, observed and found in the forgoing paragraphs, we come to the conclusion on the important questions of law that situations like the present one involving minerals or minor minerals not covered by the Sand Act in Kerala or the MMDR Rules in Kerala, or any other special law, can be dealt with under the MMDR Act, and
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proceedings including seizure, confiscation and prosecution can be initiated under the MMDR Act. We accordingly find that the reliefs as sought by the writ petitioners cannot be granted. We reiterate that as regards the general police powers under the Code of Criminal Procedure for arrest and seizure, there cannot be any doubt or challenge, when such powers are not specifically ousted or excluded by any special or local law. There are provisions in the MMDR Act, authorising the Government to appoint other categories of officers also to make seizure and to initiate prosecution. We find that this is only in addition to the general powers given to the police under the Code of Criminal Procedure. However, as regards cognizance of offences, there is a specific provision under Section 22, and once cognizance otherwise than on complaint as prescribed under the law is barred, such cognizance under the Code of Criminal Procedure may not be possible. Only to that extent, the general powers of police under the Code of Criminal Procedure will stand excluded. In view of the specific provisions in Section 22 of the MMDR Act, prosecution on the basis of a final report under Section 173(2) Cr.P.C. is not possible. As regards the other police powers including arrest and seizure, there is no specific exclusion by the special law, and so, such general powers can be exercised by the police, including the powers to make arrest, and to seize properties.
23. The counsel for the petitioners, relying on the Division Bench judgment of this Court in _**Abdul Majeed Kalathil v. District Collector, Malappuram and others**_
_[2009 (3) KLT 637],_ would urge that the provisions contained in the MMDR Act as to courts and confiscation, are vague and therefore this Court should not be hesitant to declare
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that the seizures of the vehicles of the petitioners is illegal.
24. The petitioners point out that in most of the special enactments which provide for prosecution as well as confiscation for the same offence, the sections concerned begin with the words “whether a prosecution is initiated or not”. There is no such clause in the MMDR Act. It would imply that there cannot be any confiscation proceeding without any prosecution proceeding.
25. I find that Section 21(4A) clearly provides that any mineral, tool, equipment, vehicle or any other thing seized under sub-section (4) shall be liable to be confiscated by an order of the court competent to take cognisance of the offence. Therefore, what is required for a valid seizure is only usage of vehicle to transport minerals without any lawful authority as envisaged in Section 21(4). Absence of the words “whether a prosecution is initiated or not” in Section 21(4A) is of no consequence.
For all the above reasons, the writ petitions are found to be without any merit and therefore the writ petitions
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are dismissed. The petitioners are directed to surrender their vehicles released pursuant to the interim orders obtained in these writ petitions, forthwith. It is made clear that the petitioners will be free to approach the competent court/authority for interim custody of vehicles or to compound the offences.
Sd/-
**N. NAGARESH, JUDGE**
aks/28.11.2022
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## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 17394/2022**
## **PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS**
|**EXHIBIT P1**|**A TRUE COPY OF THE MINERAL TRANSIT PASS**|
|---|---|
||**IN RESPECT OF THE CONSIGNMENT IN THE**|
||**VEHICLE.**|
|**EXHIBIT P2**|**A TRUE COPY OF THE NOTICE ISSUED TO THE**|
||**PETITIONER DATED, 25-5-2022 BY THE**|
||**FIRST RESPONDENT.**|
|**EXHIBIT P3**|**TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER PASSED BY THIS**|
||**HON'BLE COURT IN CRL.M.C.N.2080/2022**|
||**DATED, 30-3-2022.**|
|**EXHIBIT P4**|**TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER PASSED BY THIS**|
||**HON'BLE COURT IN CRL.M.C.NO.2786/2022**|
||**DATED, 29-4-2022.**|
|**EXHIBIT P5**|**TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER PASSED BY THIS**|
||**HON'BLE COURT IN CRL.M.C.NO.2551/2022**|
||**DATED, 19-4-2022**|
## **RESPONDENTS ANNEXURE**
**ANNEXURE R1(A) TRUE COPY OF THE PERMIT NUMBER 157/2021-22/DOC/OE/MK-215/2021 DATED. 02.05.2022. ANNEXURE R1(B) TRUE COPY OF THE LETTER NO. DOP/AR.1278/2022/A1 DATED. 25.05.2022. ANNEXURE R1(C) TRUE COPY OF THE LETTER NO.DOC/M1635/2022/A1 DATED.31.05.2022 ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MINING AND GEOLOGY KANNUR. ANNEXURE R1(D) TRUE COPY OF THE NOTICE NO.DOP/A.R.1278/2022/A1 DATED 25.05.2022 ISSUED BY THE MINING AND GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT PALAKKAD. ANNEXURE R1(E) TRUE COPY OF THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY THE PETITIONER. ANNEXURE R1(F) TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER IN WP(C) NO.17394 OF 2022 OF THE HONOURABLE HIGH COURT.**
## W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 62 :
**ANNEXURE R1(G) TRUE COPY OF THE LETTER NO.DOP/A.R.1278/2022/A1 DTD 02.06.2022 ISSUED BY THE MINING AND GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT PALAKKAD. ANNEXURE R1(H) TRUE COPY OF THE FIR REGISTERED VIDE NO.0508/2022 ON 05.06.2022.**
## W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 63 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 20520/2022**
|**PETITIONERS'**|**EXHIBIT**|
|---|---|
|**EXHIBIT P1**|**TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR**|
||**PREPARED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT DATED,**|
||**19-6-2022 IN RESPECT OF THE SEIZURE OF**|
||**THE VEHICLE OWNED BY THE FIRST**|
||**PETITIONER.**|
|**EXHIBIT P2**|**TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR**|
||**PREPARED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT DATED,**|
||**19-6-2022 IN RESPECT OF THE SEIZURE OF**|
||**THE VEHICLE OWNED BY THE SECOND**|
||**PETITIONER.**|
|**EXHIBIT P3**|**A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER**|
||**PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO.17394/2022**|
||**DATED, 30-5-2022.**|
W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 64 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 21614/2022**
## **PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS**
**EXHIBIT P1 A TRUE COPY OF THE COMMUNICATION ISSUED BY THE 3RD RESPONDENT TO THE PETITIONER DATED, 30-6-2022. EXHIBIT P2 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED BY THIS HON'BLE COURT IN W.P. (C)NO.17394/2022 DATED, 30-5-2022. EXHIBIT P3 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED BY THIS HON'BLE COURT IN W.P. (C)NO.20520/2022 DATED, 28-6-2022.**
## **RESPONDENTS' EXHIBIT**
**EXHIBIT R2(A) TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER G.O (P) NO.55/2015 ID DATED 06.05.2015. EXHIBIT R2(B) TRUE COPY OF THE MAHAZAR NO.642662/2022/A PREPARED BY THE VILLAGE OFFICER DATED 14.06.2022. EXHIBIT R2(C) TRUE COPY OF THE LETTER SENT BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT TO THE DISTRICT POLICE CHIEF, KOZHIKODE CITY DATED 30.06.2022. EXHIBIT R2(D) TRUE COPY OF THE LETTER DATED 05.07.2022 SENT BY THE DISTRICT POLICE CHIEF, KOZHIKODE CITY. EXHIBIT R2(E) TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER G.O (MS) NO.51/2017/ID DATED 21.06.2017.**
## W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 65 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 27053/2022**
## **PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS**
|**EXHIBIT P1**|**TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR**|
|---|---|
||**PREPARED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT DATED,**|
||**20-8-2022.**|
|**EXHIBIT P2**|**A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED**|
||**IN W.P.(C)NO.21614/2022 DATED, 1-7-**|
||**2022.**|
|**EXHIBIT P3**|**A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED**|
||**IN W.P.(C)NO.20520/2022 DATED, 28-6-**|
||**2022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**|
## W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 66 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 27423/2022**
## **PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS**
|**EXHIBIT P1**|**TRUE COPY OF THE REGISTRATION**|
|---|---|
||**PARTICULARS OF THE VEHICLE.**|
|**EXHIBIT P2**|**TRUE COPY OF THE GOODS CARRIAGE PERMIT.**|
|**EXHIBIT P3**|**PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BOARD OF LICENCE**|
||**EXHIBITED AT THE PROPERTY.**|
|**EXHIBIT P4**|**TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR**|
||**PREPARED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT DATED**|
||**18-8-2022.**|
|**EXHIBIT P5**|**TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED**|
||**IN W.P.(C) NO.20520/2022 DATED 28-6-**|
||**2022.**|
## W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 67 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 29586/2022**
**PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS**
|**EXHIBIT P1**|**TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR**|
|---|---|
||**PREPARED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT DATED,**|
||**15-8-2022 IN RESPECT OF THE SEIZURE OF**|
||**THE VEHICLE OWNED BY THE PETITIONER.**|
|**EXHIBIT P2**|**A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER**|
||**PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO.27053/2022 OF THIS**|
||**HON'BLE COURT DATED, 23-8-2022.**|
|**EXHIBIT P3**|**A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER**|
||**PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO.20520/2022 DATED,**|
||**28-6-2022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**|
## W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 68 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 29827/2022**
## **PETITIONERS' EXHIBIT**
|**EXHIBIT P1**|**TRUE COPY OF THE REGISTRATION**|
|---|---|
||**CERTIFICATE OF THE VEHICLE OF THE 1ST**|
||**PETITIONER.**|
|**EXHIBIT P2**|**TRUE COPY OF THE REGISTRATION**|
||**CERTIFICATE OF THE VEHICLE OF THE 2ND**|
||**PETITIONER.**|
|**EXHIBIT P3**|**TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED**|
||**IN W.P.(C)NO.27053/2022 DATED, 23-8-**|
||**2022.**|
|**EXHIBIT P4**|**A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED**|
||**IN W.P.(C)NO.20520/2022 DATED, 28-6-**|
||**2022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**|
## W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 69 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 29847/2022**
## **PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS**
**EXHIBIT P1 TRUE COPY OF THE REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE OF THE VEHICLE OF THE PETITIONER. EXHIBIT P2 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO.27053/2022 DATED, 23-82022. EXHIBIT P3 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO.20520/2022 DATED, 28-6-2022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**
W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 70 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 29973/2022**
## **PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS**
**EXHIBIT P1 TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR PREPARED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT DATED, 19-9-2022. EXHIBIT P2 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO.27053/2022 DATED, 23-8-2022. EXHIBIT P3 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO.20520/2022 DATED, 28-6-2022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**
W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 71 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 31585/2022**
## **PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS**
**EXHIBIT P1 TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR PREPARED BY THE 1ST RESPONDENT DATED, 29-9-2022 IN RESPECT OF THE SEIZURE OF THE EXCAVATOR OWNED BY THE PETITIONER. EXHIBIT P2 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO.27053/2022 DATED, 23-82022. EXHIBIT P3 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO.20520/2022 DATED, 28-6-2022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**
## W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 72 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 31607/2022**
## **PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS**
|**EXHIBIT P1**|**A TRUE COPY OF THE REGISTRATION**|
|---|---|
||**CERTIFICATE OF THE VEHICLE OF THE**|
||**PETITIONER.**|
|**EXHIBIT P2**|**TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR**|
||**PREPARED BY THE 1ST RESPONDENT DATED, 3-**|
||**10-2022.**|
|**EXHIBIT P3**|**A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED**|
||**IN W.P.(C)NO.27053/2022 DATED, 23-8-**|
||**2022.**|
|**EXHIBIT P4**|**A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED**|
||**IN W.P.(C)NO.31396/2022 DATED, 30-9-2022**|
||**OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**|
## W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 73 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 31997/2022**
## **PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS**
**EXHIBIT P1 TRUE COPY OF THE REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE OF THE VEHICLE OF THE PETITIONER. EXHIBIT P2 TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR PREPARED BY THE FIRST RESPONDENT DATED, 27-9-2022. EXHIBIT P3 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO.27053/2022 DATED, 23-82022. EXHIBIT P4 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO.31396/2022 DATED, 30-9-2022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**
## W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 74 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 32240/2022**
## **PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS**
**EXHIBIT P1 TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR PREPARED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT DATED, 27-9-2022. EXHIBIT P2 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO.27053/2022 DATED, 23-82022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT. EXHIBIT P3 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO.20520/2022 DATED, 28-62022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**
W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 75 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 32252/2022**
**PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS**
**EXHIBIT P1 TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR PREPARED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT DATED, 27-9-2022. EXHIBIT P2 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO.27053/2022 DATED, 23-8-2022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT. EXHIBIT P3 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO.20520/2022 DATED, 28-6-2022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**
W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 76 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 32272/2022**
## **PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS**
**EXHIBIT P1 TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR PREPARED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT DATED, 27-9-2022. EXHIBIT P2 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO.27053/2022 DATED, 23-82022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT. EXHIBIT P3 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO.20520/2022 DATED, 28-62022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**
## W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 77 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 33168/2022**
**PETITIONERS' EXHIBIT**
**EXHIBIT P1 TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR PREPARED BY THE 1ST RESPONDENT DATED, 16-10-2022. EXHIBIT P2 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO.27053/2022 DATED, 23-82022. EXHIBIT P3 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO.31396/2022 DATED, 30-9-2022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**
W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 78 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 33438/2022**
## **PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS**
**EXHIBIT P1 TRUE COPY OF THE MAHAZAR DATED 26-092022 PREPARED BY THE VILLAGE OFFICER, KARAVALOOR VILLAGE. EXHIBIT P2 TRUE COPY OF THE REPORT DATED 03-10-2022 SUBMITTED BY THE 3RD RESPONDENT BEFORE THE 2ND RESPONDENT. EXHIBIT P3 TRUE COPY OF THE REPORT DATED 07-10-2022 SUBMITTED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT BEFORE THE 1ST RESPONDENT. EXHIBIT P4 TRUE COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION DATED 12-10-2022 SUBMITTED BY THE PETITIONER BEFORE THE 1ST RESPONDENT. EXHIBIT P5 TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER DATED 23-08-2022 IN W.P.(C) NO.27053/2022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT. EXHIBIT P6 TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER DATED 12-10-2022 IN W.P.(C) NO.32252/2022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**
## W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 79 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 33515/2022**
## **PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS**
|**EXHIBIT P1**|**TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR**|
|---|---|
||**PREPARED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT DATED,**|
||**19-10-2022.**|
|**EXHIBIT P2**|**A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED**|
||**BY THIS HON'BLE COURT IN W.P.**|
||**(C)NO.27053/2022 DATED, 23-8-2022.**|
|**EXHIBIT P3**|**A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED**|
||**IN W.P.(C)NO.32252/2022 DATED, 12-10-**|
||**2022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**|
## W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 80 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 33673/2022**
## **PETITIONERS' EXHIBIT**
|**EXHIBIT P1**|**TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR**|
|---|---|
||**PREPARED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT DATED,**|
||**19-10-2022.**|
|**EXHIBIT P2**|**A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED**|
||**BY THIS HON'BLE COURT IN W.P.**|
||**(C)NO.27053/2022 DATED, 23-8-2022.**|
|**EXHIBIT P3**|**A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED**|
||**IN W.P.(C)NO.32252/2022 DATED, 12-10-**|
||**2022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**|
## W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 81 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 33861/2022**
## **PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS**
|**EXHIBIT P1**|**TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR**|
|---|---|
||**PREPARED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT DATED,**|
||**19-10-2022.**|
|**EXHIBIT P2**|**A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED**|
||**BY THIS HON'BLE COURT IN W.P.**|
||**(C)NO.27053/2022 DATED, 23-8-2022.**|
|**EXHIBIT P3**|**A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED**|
||**IN W.P.(C)NO.32252/2022 DATED, 12-10-**|
||**2022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**|
W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 82 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 33865/2022**
**PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS**
**EXHIBIT P1 TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR PREPARED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT DATED, 19-10-2022 IN RESPECT OF THE SEIZURE OF THE VEHICLE OWNED BY THE PETITIONER. EXHIBIT P2 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED BY THIS HON'BLE COURT IN W.P.(C)NO.27053/2022 DATED, 23-8-2022. EXHIBIT P3 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO.32252/2022 DATED, 12-102022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**
## W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 83 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 33874/2022**
**PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS**
**EXHIBIT P1 TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR PREPARED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT DATED, 19-10-2022. EXHIBIT P2 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED BY THIS HON'BLE COURT IN W.P.(C)NO.27053/2022 DATED, 23-8-2022. EXHIBIT P3 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO.32252/2022 DATED, 12-102022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**
W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 84 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 33941/2022**
## **PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS**
- **EXHIBIT P1 TRUE COPY OF THE RELEVANT PAGES OF THE REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE OF THE PETITIONER'S VEHICLE BEARING NO KL 56G 1654.**
- **EXHIBIT P2 TRUE COPY OF THE MAHAZAR DATED 22-10-2022 PREPARED BY V BINDU, DEPUTY TAHSILDAR, KOILANDY.**
- **EXHIBIT P3 TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER IN WP.(C)NO. 17394 OF 2022 DATED 30-5-2022 PASSED BY THE HON'BLE HIGH COURT OF KERALA.**
- **EXHIBIT P4 TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER IN WP.(C).NO. 33515 OF 2022 DATED 21-10-2022 PASSED BY THE HON'BLE HIGH COURT OF KERALA.**
## W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 85 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 34133/2022**
## **PETITIONERS' EXHIBITS**
|**EXHIBIT P1**|**TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR**|
|---|---|
||**PREPARED BY THE RESPONDENT DATED, 12-10-**|
||**2022.**|
|**EXHIBIT P2**|**A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED**|
||**BY THIS HON'BLE COURT IN W.P.**|
||**(C)NO.27053/2022 DATED, 23-8-2022.**|
|**EXHIBIT P3**|**A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED**|
||**IN W.P.(C)NO.33832/2022 DATED, 25-10-**|
||**2022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**|
## W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 86 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 34381/2022**
## **PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS**
|**EXHIBIT P1**|**TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR**|
|---|---|
||**PREPARED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT DATED,**|
||**19-10-2022.**|
|**EXHIBIT P2**|**A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED**|
||**BY THIS HON'BLE COURT IN W.P.**|
||**(C)NO.27053/2022 DATED, 23-8-2022.**|
|**EXHIBIT P3**|**A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED**|
||**IN W.P.(C)NO.32252/2022 DATED, 12-10-**|
||**2022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**|
W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 87 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 34485/2022**
## **PETITIONERS' EXHIBITS**
|**EXHIBIT P1**|**TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR**|
|---|---|
||**PREPARED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT IN**|
||**RESPECT OF THE VEHICLE OWNED BY THE**|
||**FIRST PETITIONER, DATED, 27-10-2022.**|
|**EXHIBIT P2**|**TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR**|
||**PREPARED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT IN**|
||**RESPECT OF THE VEHICLE OWNED BY THE**|
||**SECOND PETITIONER, DATED, 27-10-2022.**|
|**EXHIBIT P3**|**A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED**|
||**IN W.P.(C)NO.27053/2022 DATED, 23-8-**|
||**2022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**|
|**EXHIBIT P4**|**A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED**|
||**IN W.P.(C)NO.20520/2022 DATED, 28-6-**|
||**2022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**|
## W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 88 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 34517/2022**
## **PETITIONERS' EXHIBITS**
|**EXHIBIT P1**|**TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR**|
|---|---|
||**PREPARED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT IN**|
||**RESPECT OF THE VEHICLE OWNED BY THE**|
||**FIRST PETITIONER, DATED, 21-10-2022.**|
|**EXHIBIT P2**|**TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR**|
||**PREPARED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT IN**|
||**RESPECT OF THE VEHICLE OWNED BY THE**|
||**SECOND PETITIONER, DATED, 21-10-2022.**|
|**EXHIBIT P3**|**A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED**|
||**IN W.P.(C)NO.27053/2022 DATED, 23-8-2022**|
||**OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**|
|**EXHIBIT P4**|**A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED**|
||**IN W.P.(C)NO.20520/2022 DATED, 28-6-2022**|
||**OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**|
## W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 89 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 34680/2022**
## **PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS**
|**EXHIBIT P1**|**TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR**|
|---|---|
||**PREPARED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT DATED,**|
||**28-10-2022.**|
|**EXHIBIT P2**|**A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED**|
||**BY THIS HON'BLE COURT IN W.P.**|
||**(C)NO.27053/2022 DATED, 23-8-2022.**|
|**EXHIBIT P3**|**A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED**|
||**IN W.P.(C)NO.32252/2022 DATED, 12-10-**|
||**2022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**|
## W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 90 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 34806/2022**
## **PETITIONERS' EXHIBITS**
|**EXHIBIT P1**|**TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR**|
|---|---|
||**PREPARED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT DATED,**|
||**29-10-2022.**|
|**EXHIBIT P2**|**A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED**|
||**IN W.P.(C)NO.27053/2022 DATED, 23-8-**|
||**2022.**|
|**EXHIBIT P3**|**A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED**|
||**IN W.P.(C)NO.31396/2022 DATED, 30-9-**|
||**2022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**|
## W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 91 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 34952/2022**
## **PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS**
**EXHIBIT P1 A TRUE COPY OF THE REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE OF THE VEHICLE OWNED BY THE PETITIONER. EXHIBIT P2 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED BY THIS HON'BLE COURT IN W.P. (C)NO.27053/2022 DATED, 23-8-2022. EXHIBIT P3 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO.32252/2022 DATED, 12-102022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**
## W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 92 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 35102/2022**
## **PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS**
**EXHIBIT P1 TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR PREPARED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT DATED, 29-10-2022. EXHIBIT P2 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO.27053/2022 DATED, 23-8-2022. EXHIBIT P3 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO.31396/2022 DATED, 30-9-2022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**
## W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 93 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 35434/2022**
## **PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS**
|**EXHIBIT P1**|**TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR**|
|---|---|
||**PREPARED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT DATED,**|
||**2-11-2022.**|
|**EXHIBIT P2**|**A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED**|
||**IN W.P.(C)NO.27053/2022 DATED, 23-8-**|
||**2022.**|
|**EXHIBIT P3**|**A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED**|
||**IN W.P.(C)NO.33673/2022 DATED, 21-10-**|
||**2022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**|
W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 94 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 35456/2022**
## **PETITIONERS' EXHIBITS**
**EXHIBIT P1 TRUE COPY OF REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE OF JCB BEARING REG. NO. KL-55X-6362. EXHIBIT P2 TRUE COPY OF REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE OF MINI LORRY BEARING REG. NO. KL-55K5102. EXHIBIT P3 TRUE COPY OF REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE OF MINI LORRY REG. NO. KL-57B-4669. EXHIBIT P4 TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR DATED 2-11-2022 PREPARED BY THE RESPONDENT. EXHIBIT P5 TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED BY THIS HON'BLE COURT IN W.P(C)NO.27053/2022 DATED 23-8-2022. EXHIBIT P6 TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED BY THIS HON'BLE COURT IN W.P(C)NO.33832/2022 DATED 25-10-2022. EXHIBIT P7 TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED BY THIS HON'BLE COURT IN W.P(C)NO.34133 DATED 27-10-2022.**
W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 95 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 35601/2022**
## **PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS**
**EXHIBIT P1 TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR PREPARED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT DATED, 3-11-2022. EXHIBIT P2 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED BY THIS HON'BLE COURT IN W.P. (C)NO.27053/2022 DATED, 23-8-2022. EXHIBIT P3 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO.32252/2022 DATED, 12-10-2022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**
W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 96 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 35613/2022**
## **PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS**
|**EXHIBIT P1**|**TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR**|
|---|---|
||**PREPARED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT DATED,**|
||**5-11-2022.**|
|**EXHIBIT P2**|**A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED**|
||**BY THIS HON'BLE COURT IN W.P.**|
||**(C)NO.27053/2022 DATED, 23-8-2022.**|
|**EXHIBIT P3**|**A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED**|
||**IN W.P.(C)NO.32252/2022 DATED, 12-10-**|
||**2022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**|
## W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 97 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 35788/2022**
## **PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS**
|**EXHIBIT P1**|**TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR**|
|---|---|
||**PREPARED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT DATED, 4-**|
||**11-2022.**|
|**EXHIBIT P2**|**A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED**|
||**BY THIS HON'BLE COURT IN W.P.**|
||**(C)NO.27053/2022 DATED, 23-8-2022.**|
|**EXHIBIT P3**|**A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED**|
||**IN W.P.(C)NO.32252/2022 DATED, 12-10-**|
||**2022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**|
W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 98 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 36136/2022**
**PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS**
**EXHIBIT P1**
**TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHASAR DATED 31.10.2022 PREPARED BY THE FIRST RESPONDENT.**
## W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 99 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 36137/2022**
## **PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS**
**EXHIBIT P1 TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR PREPARED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT DATED, 8- 11-2022. EXHIBIT P2 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED BY THIS HON'BLE COURT IN W.P. (C)NO.27053/2022 DATED, 23-8-2022. EXHIBIT P3 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO.32252/2022 DATED, 12-102022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**
## W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 100 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 36287/2022**
## **PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS**
**EXHIBIT P1 TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR PREPARED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT DATED, 8-11-2022. EXHIBIT P2 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO.27053/2022 DATED, 23-82022. EXHIBIT P3 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO.33673/2022 DATED, 21-102022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**
## W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 101 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 36289/2022**
## **PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS**
**EXHIBIT P1 TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR PREPARED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT DATED, 8-11-2022. EXHIBIT P2 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO.27053/2022 DATED, 23-82022. EXHIBIT P3 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO.33673/2022 DATED, 21-102022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**
## W.P.(C) No.17394/2022 & connected cases : 102 :
## **APPENDIX OF WP(C) 36307/2022**
## **PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS**
**EXHIBIT P1 TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR PREPARED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT DATED, 8-11-2022. EXHIBIT P2 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO.27053/2022 DATED, 23-82022. EXHIBIT P3 A TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO.33673/2022 DATED, 21-102022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**