IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
WP(C).No. 17520 of 2010(L)
1. GLORY ALBERT,MANAGER, LUTHERAN
... Petitioner
Vs
1. THE ASSISTANT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER,
... Respondent
For Petitioner :SRI.C.S.MANILAL
For Respondent :GOVERNMENT PLEADER
The Hon'ble MR. Justice C.T.RAVIKUMAR
Dated :05/07/2010
O R D E R
C.T. RAVIKUMAR, J.
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W.P.(C). NO. 17520 OF 2010
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Dated this the 5th day of July, 2010
JUDGMENT
The petitioner is the Manager of Lutheran Lower Primary School,
Dymock in Vandiperiyar. This Writ Petition has been filed mainly with
the prayer to issue a writ of mandamus commanding the first respondent to
approve the final seniority list of teachers of the school.
2. A statement has been filed by the respondent in this Writ
Petition. It is stated thereunder that the seniority list of teachers as on
1.1.2010 was submitted by the Manager only on 5.3.2010. The same was
provisionally approved and returned to the Manager with a direction to
circulate the same among the staff concerned who were included in the
seniority list. Thereafter, the petitioner submitted the provisionally
approved seniority list to the office of the respondent only on 18.5.2010.
However, the same was submitted without signatures of one
Sri.P.P.thomas and Sri.P.G.Suresh, who were included in the said seniority
list. The remarks made by the petitioner against the names of the aforesaid
persons are to the effect that Sri.P.P.Thomas retired from service on
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31.3.2010 and Sri.P.G.Suresh is on unauthorized absence. The respondent
issued notices to the said teachers and a hearing was scheduled to be held
on 28.6.2010. The learned Government Pleader, upon instructions,
submitted that the aforementioned persons did not turn up for the hearing
on 28.6.2010.
3. In view of the facts thus obtained in this case, it is evident that
all the concerned staff included in the seniority list except Sri.P.P.Thomas
and Sri.P.G.Suresh had signed in the provisionally approved seniority list.
Despite the issuance of notices, the aforementioned two persons did not
turn up for hearing before the respondent. In the circumstances, this Writ
Petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent to take
appropriate action to finalise Ext.P2 seniority list expeditiously, at any
rate, within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this
judgment.
(C.T. RAVIKUMAR, JUDGE)
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C.T. RAVIKUMAR, J.
W.P.(C). NO. /2010
JUDGMENT
June, 2010
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