IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
WP(C).No. 37166 of 2010(U)
1. PREMKUMAR T.S, MECHANIC,
... Petitioner
2. RAMACHANDRAN K.T, MECHANIC,
3. DINESAN K, MECHANIC,
4. BIJU T.K, MECHANIC,
5. MUHAMMED SHERIF, MECHANIC,
6. P.SUNILKUMAR,MECHANIC,
Vs
1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE
... Respondent
2. THE DIRECTOR, DIRECTORATE OF AGRICULTURE
For Petitioner :SRI.P.RAMAKRISHNAN
For Respondent : No Appearance
The Hon'ble MR. Justice S.SIRI JAGAN
Dated :22/12/2010
O R D E R
S. Siri Jagan, J.
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W.P(C) No. 37166 of 2010
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Dated this, the 22nd day of December, 2010.
J U D G M E N T
Petitioners are mechanics working in the Agriculture
Department of the Government of Kerala. They are diploma holders
in mechanical engineering and are eligible for promotion as
agricultural engineers in accordance with Exts.P1 and P2 Special
Rules. In this writ petition, they apprehend that the 1st respondent is
likely to treat two year diploma earlier used to be granted by the
Kerala Agricultural University as equivalent to three year diploma in
agriculture engineering, which cannot be done under law, insofar as
the contents of the two courses are not equal. In the above
circumstances, the 2nd petitioner has filed Ext. P4 before the 1st
respondent. The petitioners now seek a direction to the 1st
respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext. P4 expeditiously.
Having heard the learned Government Pleader also, I dispose of
this writ petition with a direction to the 1st respondent to consider
and pass orders on Ext. P4 after affording an opportunity of being
heard to all concerned, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate,
within three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this
judgment.
Sd/- S. Siri Jagan, Judge.
Tds/
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P.S TO JUDGE.