{"id":147551,"date":"2008-09-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-18T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/thomas-thomas-vs-union-of-india-represented-by-the-on-19-september-2008"},"modified":"2014-03-31T08:41:16","modified_gmt":"2014-03-31T03:11:16","slug":"thomas-thomas-vs-union-of-india-represented-by-the-on-19-september-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/thomas-thomas-vs-union-of-india-represented-by-the-on-19-september-2008","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Thomas vs Union Of India Represented By The on 19 September, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Thomas Thomas vs Union Of India Represented By The on 19 September, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 3249 of 2006(J)\n\n\n1. THOMAS THOMAS, MULLUMKATTIL HOUSE,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. UNION OF INDIA REPRESENTED BY THE\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.P.R.VENKETESH\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.BOBBY MATHEW, CGC\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice KURIAN JOSEPH\n\n Dated :19\/09\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                           KURIAN JOSEPH, J.\n              - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -\n                       W.P(C).No. 3249 OF 2006\n              - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -\n             Dated this the 19th day of September, 2008\n\n                                  JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>      The Writ Petition is filed with the following prayers:<\/p>\n<p>            &#8220;i) Issue a writ of mandamus or any other<\/p>\n<p>      appropriate writ, order or direction commanding the 1st<\/p>\n<p>      respondent to grant pension to the petitioner under<\/p>\n<p>      the SSS Pension Scheme;\n<\/p>\n<p>           ii) Issue a writ of mandamus or any other<\/p>\n<p>     appropriate writ, order or direction commanding the 1st<\/p>\n<p>     respondent to pass orders on Ext.P3 application in the<\/p>\n<p>     light of the judgment reported in 2005(3) KLT 431<\/p>\n<p>     within a time frame to be fixed by this Hon&#8217;ble Court;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>      There will be a direction to the 1st respondent to take<\/p>\n<p>appropriate action on Ext.P3 application, in accordance with law and<\/p>\n<p>also in the light of the judgment referred to in the prayer, within a<\/p>\n<p>period of three months from the date of production of a copy of this<\/p>\n<p>judgment.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                   (KURIAN JOSEPH, JUDGE)<\/p>\n<p>ttb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Thomas Thomas vs Union Of India Represented By The on 19 September, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 3249 of 2006(J) 1. THOMAS THOMAS, MULLUMKATTIL HOUSE, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. UNION OF INDIA REPRESENTED BY THE &#8230; Respondent 2. 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