{"id":125684,"date":"2008-07-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-20T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-k-balakrishna-panicker-vs-the-state-of-keral-on-21-july-2008"},"modified":"2019-04-08T20:42:35","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T15:12:35","slug":"m-k-balakrishna-panicker-vs-the-state-of-keral-on-21-july-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-k-balakrishna-panicker-vs-the-state-of-keral-on-21-july-2008","title":{"rendered":"M.K.Balakrishna Panicker vs The State Of Keral on 21 July, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
M.K.Balakrishna Panicker vs The State Of Keral on 21 July, 2008<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 9863 of 2004(Y)\n\n\n1. M.K.BALAKRISHNA PANICKER, TECHNICAL\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE STATE OF KERAL, REPRESENTED BY\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. CHIEF HYDROGRAPHER, HYDROGRAPHIC\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.VARGHESE PREM\n\n                For Respondent  :GOVERNMENT PLEADER\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR\n\n Dated :21\/07\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                         T. Ramachandran Nair, J.\n                    - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -\n                       W.P.(C) NO.9863 of 2004-Y\n                    - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -\n                Dated this the 21st day of July, 2008.\n\n                                  JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n
       In this writ petition the main prayer is to quash Ext.P6 with a further<\/p>\n
prayer to direct the respondents to grant the petitioner pension and<\/p>\n
consequential service benefits eligible to him on regularisation.<\/p>\n
       2. This is a case where the petitioner was in the service of the second<\/p>\n
respondent for a period of 26 years and 7 months apart from 10 years of<\/p>\n
Defence service earlier. He is an ex-serviceman who was released from<\/p>\n
Naval service from 31.1.1976. The petitioner was appointed as per Ext.P1<\/p>\n
as Technical Assistant (Electronics) under Rule 9(a)(i) of the Kerala State &<\/p>\n
Subordinate Service Rules through Employment Exchange. He was posted<\/p>\n
to the Office of the Chief Hydrographer, Hydrographic Survey Wing,<\/p>\n
Trivandrum as per the said order. The case of the petitioner is that his<\/p>\n
engagement on provisional basis in the said post continued till he attained<\/p>\n
superannuation on 31.3.2003. Only once his service was sought to be<\/p>\n
terminated, i.e. in the year 1986. At that time, he approached this court by<\/p>\n
filing O.P.No.5682\/1986 and this court allowed the Original Petition with a<\/p>\n
WPC 9863\/2004                          -2-<\/span><\/p>\n
direction that the petitioner shall not be terminated till P.S.C. hands occupy<\/p>\n
the post.   But no such candidate was appointed. It is the case of the<\/p>\n
petitioner that even though the Special Rules were framed in the year 1994,<\/p>\n
he was having the required qualification as prescribed by the Special Rules<\/p>\n
and therefore considering his provisional service, he was entitled to be<\/p>\n
regularised in service.\n<\/p>\n
       3. There were moves from the Department itself to regularise him in<\/p>\n
service. In support of the said case the petitioner has produced Ext.P2 dated<\/p>\n
12.6.1997 and Ext.P4 dated 27.10.1999, whereby the Chief Hydrographer<\/p>\n
forwarded to the Government the service details, etc. of the petitioner, the<\/p>\n
requirement for retaining him in the said office in view of the emergency in<\/p>\n
the office, with a further request to regularise him in service. In Ext.P2 it<\/p>\n
was reported by the second respondent to the first respondent that he has got<\/p>\n
all prescribed qualifications as per the rules of recruitment and that his<\/p>\n
regularisation will not adversely affect any of the other individuals, since<\/p>\n
there is only one post of Technical Assistant in the whole of Hydrographic<\/p>\n
Survey wing. It is also pointed out therein that another employee, a Field<\/p>\n
Assistant of the Department had filed an original petition seeking<\/p>\n
regularisation, which file was pending consideration before the Government<\/p>\n
at that time. In Ext.P4 also, the said stand is reiterated. Therein also, it has<\/p>\n
WPC 9863\/2004                         -3-<\/span><\/p>\n
been pointed out that he is fully qualified for the post of Technical Assistant<\/p>\n
and his services are very essential in the H.S.W. for operating all the<\/p>\n
electronic survey equipments for which he has already experience from<\/p>\n
27.8.1976. Ext.P5 is the representation sent by the petitioner individually,<\/p>\n
but finally by Ext.P6 the request for regularisation was rejected.<\/p>\n
      4.    The   petitioner   is  relying    upon    Ext.P7    judgment     in<\/p>\n
O.P.No.15005\/1996 which was confirmed in Writ Appeal No.956\/2003<\/p>\n
(Ext.P9). The said case related to one Shri M.C. Thomas, Field Assistant<\/p>\n
under the second respondent herein, who was              appointed in similar<\/p>\n
circumstances and who continued for a long time for more than 20 years.<\/p>\n
This court in Ext.P7 judgment held that it is not possible for the<\/p>\n
Government to say, after 20 or 24 years of continuous service, that the<\/p>\n
person’s service in the present post cannot be regularised as he has got no<\/p>\n
chance for appointment in any other field because of the inaction of the<\/p>\n
Government. It appears that based on Ext.P7 judgment the Government<\/p>\n
reguarlised the service of the said petitioner only from 15.3.2002, which<\/p>\n
was challenged before this court in O.P.No.14731\/2002 and was disposed of<\/p>\n
by Ext.P8 judgment. Therein, a direction was given to regularise his service<\/p>\n
with effect from 31.3.1985, the date when he became qualified for<\/p>\n
appointment.\n<\/p>\n
WPC 9863\/2004                        -4-<\/span><\/p>\n
      5. In the counter affidavit, it is admitted that petitioner was fully<\/p>\n
qualified to hold the post as per the Special Rules. In para 7 it is admitted<\/p>\n
that benefits were granted and service was regularised in respect of M.C.<\/p>\n
Thomas, petitioner in Ext.P7. The contention taken is that the petitioner<\/p>\n
herein being a provisional employee is not entitled for regularisation. It is<\/p>\n
clear that no appointment was done through Public Service Commission.<\/p>\n
There is no contention also that there was no requirement of the post.<\/p>\n
      6.   Learned counsel for the       petitioner relied upon two other<\/p>\n
judgments, i.e. judgment in O.P.No.33230\/2000 which was confirmed in<\/p>\n
Writ Appeal No.1311\/2004. Therein, as per the judgment dated 5.2.2004 a<\/p>\n
learned Single Judge of this court ordered regularisation of the petitioner<\/p>\n
therein in view of the stand taken by the Government in the very same<\/p>\n
department in the case of employees with lesser term.          Therein, the<\/p>\n
petitioner concerned was recruited as Electrician in the Hydrographic<\/p>\n
Survey Wing by the Chief Hydrographer.          It is seen that    the above<\/p>\n
judgment was challenged in Writ Appeal No.1311\/2004 which was<\/p>\n
dismissed.   Their Lordships held that the petitioner therein had been<\/p>\n
working on provisional basis for more than 22 years and it is not the case of<\/p>\n
the appellants that he was ineligible at the time of initial appointment or<\/p>\n
that his record of service was not satisfactory. In that view of the matter,<\/p>\n
WPC 9863\/2004                          -5-<\/span><\/p>\n
the appellants were directed to regularise him in service.<\/p>\n
       7. In the light of the above judgments of this court, the petitioner is<\/p>\n
justified in seeking regularisation in service as he is fully qualified as per<\/p>\n
the Special Rules which came into force much after the appointment.<\/p>\n
Ext.P4 shows that it is a sanctioned post. Apart from that, the second<\/p>\n
respondent, in Exts.P2 and P4 clearly stated that the petitioner is fully<\/p>\n
qualified even from the initial date of appointment          and his service is<\/p>\n
satisfactory. Exts.P7 and P9 and the judgment in W.A.No.1311\/2004 relate<\/p>\n
to similarly placed employees in the very same office, i.e. under the 2nd<\/p>\n
respondent, as the petitioner. All of them have been obviously been granted<\/p>\n
the benefits of regularisation.    Therefore, petitioner cannot be treated in a<\/p>\n
different manner by the respondents. The same amounts to discrimination.<\/p>\n
Therefore, following the dictum laid down in the judgments referred to<\/p>\n
above, I hold that the petitioner is entitled for the regularisation in service.<\/p>\n
       8. Therefore, Ext.P6 is quashed. There will be a direction to the<\/p>\n
respondents to pass appropriate orders regularising          the service of the<\/p>\n
petitioner with effect from 20.8.1976 and grant the consequential service<\/p>\n
benefits to him as per the rules.        But he will not be entitled to any<\/p>\n
promotion, as of right. He will be paid the retirement benefits also counting<\/p>\n
the above period of service as regularised. The Defence service undertaken<\/p>\n
WPC 9863\/2004                        -6-<\/span><\/p>\n
by him for a period of10 years, if eligible to be reckoned for the said<\/p>\n
purpose, the same shall also be considered as per the relevant rules. Final<\/p>\n
orders shall be passed within a period of four months from the date of<\/p>\n
receipt of a copy of this judgment.\n<\/p>\n
      The original petition is allowed as above. No costs.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                                    (T.R. Ramachandran Nair, Judge.)<\/p>\n
kav\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court M.K.Balakrishna Panicker vs The State Of Keral on 21 July, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 9863 of 2004(Y) 1. M.K.BALAKRISHNA PANICKER, TECHNICAL … Petitioner Vs 1. THE STATE OF KERAL, REPRESENTED BY … Respondent 2. CHIEF HYDROGRAPHER, HYDROGRAPHIC For Petitioner :SRI.VARGHESE PREM For Respondent :GOVERNMENT PLEADER The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-kerala-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nM.K.Balakrishna Panicker vs The State Of Keral on 21 July, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-k-balakrishna-panicker-vs-the-state-of-keral-on-21-july-2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"M.K.Balakrishna Panicker vs The State Of Keral on 21 July, 2008 - 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