{"id":127240,"date":"2008-07-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-24T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/gopalakrishna-pillai-s-vs-reserve-bank-of-india-on-25-july-2008"},"modified":"2017-06-09T09:09:38","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T03:39:38","slug":"gopalakrishna-pillai-s-vs-reserve-bank-of-india-on-25-july-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/gopalakrishna-pillai-s-vs-reserve-bank-of-india-on-25-july-2008","title":{"rendered":"Gopalakrishna Pillai S vs Reserve Bank Of India on 25 July, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Gopalakrishna Pillai S vs Reserve Bank Of India on 25 July, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 23944 of 2005(A)\n\n\n1. GOPALAKRISHNA PILLAI S.,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. RESERVE BANK OF INDIA,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE CHAIRMAN,\n\n3. THE DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER,\n\n4. THE ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER,\n\n5. THE ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.C.RAJENDRAN\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.P.G.PARAMESWARA PANICKER (SR.)\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice KURIAN JOSEPH\n\n Dated :25\/07\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                         KURIAN JOSEPH, J.\n               ---------------------------------------\n                   W.P.(C) No.23944 OF 2005\n               ---------------------------------------\n            Dated this the 25th day of July, 2008.\n\n\n                           J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>     This writ petition is filed with the following prayer:<\/p>\n<p>     i)    To issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate<\/p>\n<p>           writ, order or direction compelling and commanding the<\/p>\n<p>           respondents to appoint the petitioner in the post of the<\/p>\n<p>           permanent watchman in any one of the branches of the<\/p>\n<p>           2nd respondent.\n<\/p>\n<p>     In view of the facts as stated in the counter affidavit<\/p>\n<p>regarding the selection process, in case the petitioner has still<\/p>\n<p>any grievance left, he may approach the Chief General Manager,<\/p>\n<p>in which case, the grievance will be duly considered by the said<\/p>\n<p>authority, expeditiously.\n<\/p>\n<p>     This writ petition is disposed of as above.<\/p>\n<p>                                           KURIAN JOSEPH, JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n<p>smp<\/p>\n<p>  KURIAN JOSEPH, J.\n<\/p>\n<p>W.P.(C) No. 23944 OF 2005<\/p>\n<p>     J U D G M E N T<\/p>\n<p>       25.07.2008<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Gopalakrishna Pillai S vs Reserve Bank Of India on 25 July, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 23944 of 2005(A) 1. GOPALAKRISHNA PILLAI S., &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. RESERVE BANK OF INDIA, &#8230; Respondent 2. THE CHAIRMAN, 3. THE DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER, 4. THE ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER, 5. 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