{"id":138120,"date":"2008-04-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-07T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/v-sivan-vs-the-state-of-kerala-on-8-april-2008"},"modified":"2014-10-11T12:14:41","modified_gmt":"2014-10-11T06:44:41","slug":"v-sivan-vs-the-state-of-kerala-on-8-april-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/v-sivan-vs-the-state-of-kerala-on-8-april-2008","title":{"rendered":"V. Sivan vs The State Of Kerala on 8 April, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">V. Sivan vs The State Of Kerala on 8 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. 19028 of 2005(M)\n\n\n1. V. SIVAN, S\/O. P.VELUKUTTY NAIR,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE STATE OF KERALA,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION,\n\n3. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION,\n\n4. THE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER,\n\n5. THE MANAGER,\n\n6. THE HEADMASTER,\n\n7. SMT. A.JAYALAKSHMI,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.V.A.MUHAMMED\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice S.SIRI JAGAN\n\n Dated :08\/04\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                             S. Siri Jagan, J.\n               =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n                      W. P (C) No. 19028 of 2005\n               =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n                    Dated this, the 8th April, 2008.\n\n                            J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>      The petitioner challenges Ext. P12 order whereby the 7th<\/p>\n<p>respondent was granted seniority above the petitioner.              The<\/p>\n<p>contention of the petitioner is that the said order was passed on the<\/p>\n<p>ground that the petitioner was not able to produce Government Order<\/p>\n<p>dated 1-11-1989 granting the petitioner notional retrospective<\/p>\n<p>promotion with effect from 15-7-1986, although the 7th respondent<\/p>\n<p>was promoted only on 22-9-1986. The petitioner has now, along with<\/p>\n<p>I.A.No. 7671\/2007, produced Ext. P20, which he claims is the order<\/p>\n<p>referred to in Ext. P12. In the above circumstances, the petitioner<\/p>\n<p>seeks a direction to the Government to re-consider the matter in the<\/p>\n<p>light of Ext. P20 order.\n<\/p>\n<p>      2. I have heard the learned Government Pleader also. Learned<\/p>\n<p>Government Pleader submits that all along the petitioner was not able<\/p>\n<p>to produce a copy of Ext. P20 order and that copy of the alleged Ext.<\/p>\n<p>P20 order was absent in all subordinate offices which was also not<\/p>\n<p>pasted in the service book of the petitioner. Therefore, according to<\/p>\n<p>the petitioner, the genuineness of Ext. P20 is suspect. It is up to the<\/p>\n<p>Government to decide the genuineness of Ext. P20 and it would not be<\/p>\n<p>difficult to ascertain at least whether such an order was issued with<\/p>\n<p>the number assigned to the order.\n<\/p>\n<p>      In the facts and circumstances of the case, I dispose of this writ<\/p>\n<p>petition with a direction to the 1st respondent to re-consider the<\/p>\n<p>matter. The petitioner may produce Ext. P20 before the Government<\/p>\n<p>and it would be open to the Government to consider the genuineness<\/p>\n<p>of the same. Fresh orders shall be passed within two months from<\/p>\n<p>the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                        Sd\/-  S. Siri Jagan, Judge.\n<\/p>\n<p>Tds\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court V. Sivan vs The State Of Kerala on 8 April, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 19028 of 2005(M) 1. V. SIVAN, S\/O. P.VELUKUTTY NAIR, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. THE STATE OF KERALA, &#8230; Respondent 2. THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, 3. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, 4. [&hellip;]<\/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-138120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-kerala-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>V. 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