WP(C) NO. 7427 OF 2025 1 2025:KER:26975 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.S.DIAS FRIDAY, THE 28TH DAY OF MARCH 2025 / 7TH CHAITHRA, 1947 WP(C) NO. 7427 OF 2025 PETITIONER: INDRAPRASAD AGED 34 YEARS S/O CHANDRAN, MUTTICHIRA PATTANCHERRY POST, PALAKKAD, PIN - 678532 BY ADVS. SRI.L.RAJESH NARAYAN SMT.KEERTHANA SARIGA T.S. RESPONDENTS: 1 DISTRICT COLLECTOR COLLECTORATE KENATHUPARAMBU, KUNATHURMEDU, PALAKKAD, PIN - 678001 2 THE PALAKKAD DISTRICT COMMITTEE UNDER THE KERALA CAPTIVE ELEPHANT (MANAGEMENT & MAINTENANCE) RULES 2012, REP. BY ITS CHAIRMAN, THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, COLLECTORATE KENATHUPARAMBU, KUNATHURMEDU, PALAKKAD, PIN - 678001 3 THE PRINCIPAL CHIEF FOREST CONSERVATOR (THE CHIEF WILD LIFE WARDEN) FOREST HEADQUARTERS, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN - 695004 4 ASSISTANT FOREST CONSERVATOR & CONVENOR DISTRICT LEVEL MONITORING COMMITTEE, SOCIAL FORESTRY DIVISION OFFICE, PALAKKAD, PIN - 678002 BY SMT VIDYA KURIAKOSE, GP THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 28.03.2025, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: WP(C) NO. 7427 OF 2025 2 2025:KER:26975 JUDGMENT Dated this the 28th day of March, 2025 The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that, the temple festival is already over. 2. In view of the law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre and others v. Union of India and others [(2016) 1 SCC 716] and the fact that the petitioner has not made any application for registration of the elephants, I do not find any merit in the writ petition. Resultantly, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. Sd/- C.S.DIAS JUDGE NAB WP(C) NO. 7427 OF 2025 3 2025:KER:26975 APPENDIX OF WP(C) 7427/2025 PETITIONER EXHIBITS EXHIBIT P1 TRUE COPY OF THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY THE PETITIONER DATED 17.1.2025 BEFORE THE 1ST RESPONDENT EXHIBIT P2 TRUE COPY OF THE BROCHURE WITH RESPECT TO THE FESTIVAL TO BE CONDUCTED ON 26.2.2025 EXHIBIT P3 TRUE COPY OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE DISTRICT LEVEL MONITORING COMMITTEE DATED 15.12.2023 EXHIBIT P4 TRUE COPY OF THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE DISTRICT MONITORING COMMITTEE DATED 5.2.2025 ISSUED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT EXHIBIT P5 TRUE COPY OF THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY THE PETITIONER DATED NIL BEFORE THE ADDITIONAL DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, PALAKKAD EXHIBIT P6 TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 9.1.2025 IN WPC NO.571/2025