{"id":122932,"date":"2008-04-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-09T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/girija-shanker-vs-kerala-state-electricity-board-on-10-april-2008"},"modified":"2019-01-23T18:18:02","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T12:48:02","slug":"girija-shanker-vs-kerala-state-electricity-board-on-10-april-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/girija-shanker-vs-kerala-state-electricity-board-on-10-april-2008","title":{"rendered":"Girija Shanker vs Kerala State Electricity Board on 10 April, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Girija Shanker vs Kerala State Electricity Board on 10 April, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C) No. 12269 of 2008(I)\n\n\n1. GIRIJA SHANKER, S\/O.ILAYAKOCHU,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE DEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER,\n\n3. THE ASSISTANT ENGINEER,\n\n4. KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY REGULATORY\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.KKM.SHERIF\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN\n\n Dated :10\/04\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n            THOTTATHIL. B. RADHAKRISHNAN, J.\n             ------------------------------------------\n                  W.P.(C)No.12269 OF 2008\n              ----------------------------------------\n               Dated this the 10th day of April, 2008\n\n                           JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>      Without expressing anything on merits and after having<\/p>\n<p>heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the respective<\/p>\n<p>standing counsel, this writ petition is disposed of relegating the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner to Tariff Regulatory Commission.        Following Ext.P7<\/p>\n<p>judgment, Ext.P8, if received and is pending and if moved along<\/p>\n<p>with similar matters pending, that will be considered and<\/p>\n<p>disposed of in accordance with law.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                 THOTTATHIL. B. RADHAKRISHNAN, JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>Acd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Girija Shanker vs Kerala State Electricity Board on 10 April, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C) No. 12269 of 2008(I) 1. GIRIJA SHANKER, S\/O.ILAYAKOCHU, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, &#8230; Respondent 2. THE DEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER, 3. THE ASSISTANT ENGINEER, 4. 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