OPC No. 49 of 2012 · Kerala High Court

S.S.SATHEESACHANDRAN, J. ----------------------------------------------- O.P(C) No.49 of 2012 -------------------------------------------------------Dated this the 5th day of January, 2012JUDGMENTThe Original Petition is filed seeking issue ofdirections/orders to District Court, Thalassery, before which an application has been moved by the petitioner under the Guardianand Wards Act seeking her appointment as guardian of a minor child, namely, Surura, for expeditious disposal of that petition. The minor child is one among the children of the petitioner out of her wedlock with late Vachapurath Muhammed, who succumbed to injuries in a motor accident while employed in a gulf country. To claim the compensation arising on the untimely death of the aforesaid Muhammed, production of a guardianship certificate by the petitioner/mother is necessary was the reason for filing the aforesaid petition before the District Court. That petition filed as early in October 2010 is still pending disposal prompted the petitioner to seek a direction for its expeditious disposal. Thelearned counsel for the petitioner submits that the aforesaid petition is ripe for disposal. Considering the facts and circumstances presented and also the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, there will be a direction to the District Judge, Thalassery, before whom the above petition is O.P(C) No.49/20122pending, to dispose it as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. Hand over a copy of the judgment to the counsel and send a copy to the court concerned forthwith. Sd/- S.S.SATHEESACHANDRAN, JUDGEvdv//True Copy//P.A to Judge