{"id":162077,"date":"2008-03-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-13T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/v-p-sukumaran-vs-the-assistant-education-officer-on-14-march-2008"},"modified":"2015-04-16T04:43:46","modified_gmt":"2015-04-15T23:13:46","slug":"v-p-sukumaran-vs-the-assistant-education-officer-on-14-march-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/v-p-sukumaran-vs-the-assistant-education-officer-on-14-march-2008","title":{"rendered":"V.P.Sukumaran vs The Assistant Education Officer on 14 March, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">V.P.Sukumaran vs The Assistant Education Officer on 14 March, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C) No. 7540 of 2004(V)\n\n\n1. V.P.SUKUMARAN, HEADMASTER,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE ASSISTANT EDUCATION OFFICER,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION,\n\n3. THE ACCOUNTANT GENERAL (AUDIT)KERALA,\n\n4. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY THE\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.N.N.SUGUNAPALAN\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice KURIAN JOSEPH\n\n Dated :14\/03\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                        KURIAN JOSEPH, J.\n               --------------------------------------\n                   W.P.(C). No. 7540 OF 2004\n               --------------------------------------\n            Dated this the 14th day of March, 2008.\n\n\n                          J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>      The grievance raised in this case is covered in favour of the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner since it is now settled law that the benefit of reoption is<\/p>\n<p>to be given to an employee from the date on which the employee<\/p>\n<p>has chosen for the effect and not from the date of making the<\/p>\n<p>reoption. The impugned order is accordingly quashed.<\/p>\n<p>                                        KURIAN JOSEPH, JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n<p>smp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court V.P.Sukumaran vs The Assistant Education Officer on 14 March, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C) No. 7540 of 2004(V) 1. V.P.SUKUMARAN, HEADMASTER, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. THE ASSISTANT EDUCATION OFFICER, &#8230; Respondent 2. THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, 3. 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