1 Cont.Case (C) No.161 of 2025 2025:KER:29695 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.G. AJITHKUMAR MONDAY, THE 7TH DAY OF APRIL 2025/17TH CHAITHRA, 1947 CON.CASE(C) NO. 161 OF 2025 AGAINST THE JUDGMENT DATED 24.7.2024 IN WP(C) NO.25863 OF 2020 OF HIGH COURT OF KERALA PETITIONER/PETITIONER IN W.P.(C): KADAKAMPALLY MANOJ AGED 47 YEARS S/O.KUTTAPPAN, KADAKAMPALLY HOUSE, VADAKKEVILA POST, KOLLAM, PIN - 691010 BY ADV D.ANIL KUMAR RESPONDENT/2ND RESPONDENT IN W.P.(C): MOHAMMED HANISH (AGE AND FATHER’S NAME NOT KNOWN TO THE PETITIONER), PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, INDUSTRIES DEPARTMENT (CASHEW), GOVERNMENT OF KERALA, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN - 695033 ADV.SMT REKHA S - SENIOR PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ADV.SRI A RAJESH - SPECIAL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR(VIG) THIS CONTEMPT OF COURT CASE (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 07.04.2025, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: 2 Cont.Case (C) No.161 of 2025 2025:KER:29695 P.G. AJITHKUMAR, J ------------------------------------------------- Cont.Case (C) No.161 of 2025 ------------------------------------------------- Dated this the 07th day of April, 2025 JUDGMENT This Court, as per Annexure 1 order, directed the alleged contemnor to take a decision in the matter in question within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of that judgment, which is dated 24.07.2024. Alleging that the contemnor did not take a decision within the said period or even in the extended time granted by this Court this contempt case has been filed. 2. Today, when this matter is taken up for consideration, the learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that a decision in the matter has already been taken. In the light of the said submission, this contempt case has become infructuous. Accordingly, this contempt case is closed without prejudice to the right of the petitioner to question the vires of the order of the competent authority on the question of sanction in appropriate proceedings. Sd/- P.G. AJITHKUMAR, JUDGE SMF