JUDGMENT The petitioner seeks refund of sales tax allegedly paid in excess by the petitioner under the Kerala General Sales Tax Act. Seeking refund, the petitioner has filed Ext. P5 petition before the 1st respondent. The petitioner seeks a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext. P5 as expeditiously as possible. I have heard the learned Government Pleader also. In the facts and circumstances of the case, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext. P5, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this judgment.