Kerala High Court
The Mathrubhumi Printing And ... vs The State Of Kerala on 3 July, 2020
Author: V.G.Arun
Bench: V.G.Arun
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE V.G.ARUN
FRIDAY, THE 03RD DAY OF JULY 2020 / 12TH ASHADHA, 1942
WP(C).No.10739 OF 2019(N)
PETITIONER/S:
THE MATHRUBHUMI PRINTING AND PUBLISHING CO.LTD
K.P.KESAVA MENON ROAD, KOZHIKODE-673001, REPRESENTED
BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR, SRI.M.P.VEERENDRA KUMAR
BY ADVS.
U.K.RAMAKRISHNAN
SRI.V.KRISHNA MENON
SMT.J.SURYA
SRI.PRINSUN PHILIP
RESPONDENT/S:
1 THE STATE OF KERALA
REPRESENTED BY THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY,
INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT,
GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT,
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695001.
2 COMMITTEE FOR CONDUCTING SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF
ADVERTISEMENT RATES FOR PRINT, VISUAL AND ONLINE
MEDIA REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN, N.VENKATARAMAN,
AGE AND FATHER'S NAME NOT KNOWN TO THE PETITIONER,
SENIOR DIRECTOR, FINANCE AND TECHNICAL, KAIRALI.T.V.,
KAIRALI TOWERS, ASAN SQUARE, UNIVERSITY.P.O. PALAYAM,
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695034.
3 THE DIRECTOR,
INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT,
GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695034.
GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.S.KANNAN
THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON
03.07.2020, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
WP(C).No.10739 OF 2019(N) ..2..
JUDGMENT
Dated this the 3rd day of July 2020 The writ petition is filed aggrieved by Ext.P14 order, by which the advertisement rates of the petitioner was reduced by the Government. Pending the writ petition, the Government issued Ext.P15 Government Order, which substantially allays the grievances of the petitioner.
In such circumstance, the writ petition is closed, reserving the liberty of the petitioner to raise its grievance, if any subsisting, before the 1st respondent.
Sd/-
V.G.ARUN
SB/03/07/2020 JUDGE
WP(C).No.10739 OF 2019(N) ..3..
APPENDIX
PETITIONER'S/S EXHIBITS:
EXHIBIT P1 TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER GO(P)NO.8/99 PR DATED 07.07.1999 EXHIBIT P2 TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER GO(P)NO.9/2012/I AND P.R DATED 19.06.2012 EXHIBIT P3 TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER GO(MS)NO.11/12/I AND P.R.D. DATED 08.08.2012 EXHIBIT P4 TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER GO(P)NO.1/13/I ADN PRD DATED 22.01.2013 EXHIBIT P5 TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER GO(RT)NO.253/13/I AND PRD DATED 11.06.2013 EXHIBIT P6 TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER GO(MS)NO.4/14/I AND PR DATED 4.3.2014 EXHIBIT P7 TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER GO(RT)NO.288/14/I AND PRD DATED 10.09.2014 EXHIBIT P8 TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER GO(RT)NO.551/15/I AND PRD DATED 20.11.2015 EXHIBIT P9 TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER GO(P)NO.17/15/I AND PRD DATED 8.12.2015 EXHIBIT P10 TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER GO(ORDINARY)NO.287/2017/I AND PR DATED 23.09.2017 EXHIBIT P11 TRUE COPY OF THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE 2ND RESPONDENT COMMITTEE DATED 16.03.2018 RELATING TO THE NEWSPAPER SEGMENT EXHIBIT P12 TRUE COPY OF THE ADVERTISING RATE CONTRACT EXECUTED BETWEEN THE 1ST PETITIONER AND DVAP, MINISTRY OF 1 AND B, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA FOR THE PERIOD 1.1.2019 TO 31.12.2021 WP(C).No.10739 OF 2019(N) ..4..
EXHIBIT P13 TRUE COPY OF THE FIRST PAGE OF THE ADDENDUM DATED 04.07.2018 EXHIBIT P14 TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER GO(P)NO.1/2019/I AND PR DATED 7.1.2019 EXHIBIT P15 TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER GO.
(ORDINARY)NO 36/2020/I&PR DATED 11.3.2020 RESPONDENTS EXTS:
EXHIBIT R1(A) A TRUE COPY OF G.O. DATED 29.05.2019 // true copy // P.A to Judge WP(C).No.10739 OF 2019(N) ..5..