{"id":163875,"date":"2009-12-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-10T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dr-k-padmanabhan-vs-state-of-kerala-on-11-december-2009"},"modified":"2016-10-02T09:17:56","modified_gmt":"2016-10-02T03:47:56","slug":"dr-k-padmanabhan-vs-state-of-kerala-on-11-december-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dr-k-padmanabhan-vs-state-of-kerala-on-11-december-2009","title":{"rendered":"Dr.K.Padmanabhan vs State Of Kerala on 11 December, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Dr.K.Padmanabhan vs State Of Kerala on 11 December, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 35842 of 2009(A)\n\n\n1. DR.K.PADMANABHAN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ITS\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. DIRECTOR OF FISHERIES, DEPARTMENT OF\n\n3. DEPARTMENTAL PROMOTION COMMITTEE FOR THE\n\n                For Petitioner  :SMT.SHAMEENA SALAHUDHEEN\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice ANTONY DOMINIC\n\n Dated :11\/12\/2009\n\n O R D E R\n                        ANTONY DOMINIC, J.\n                  -------------------------\n                  W.P.(C.) No.35842 of 2009 (A)\n             ---------------------------------\n           Dated, this the 11th day of December, 2009\n\n                            J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>      The prayer sought in this writ petition is for a direction to<\/p>\n<p>consider Ext.P5 representation submitted by the petitioner before<\/p>\n<p>the 2nd respondent. This representation is filed aggrieved by Ext.P4<\/p>\n<p>order of the 3rd respondent issued affirming Ext.P3, placing juniors<\/p>\n<p>of the petitioner above him.\n<\/p>\n<p>      Having regard to the pendency of Ext.P5 representation, and<\/p>\n<p>in view of the limited nature of the prayer that is sought for, I<\/p>\n<p>dispose of this writ petition directing the Convener of the DPC to<\/p>\n<p>dispose of Ext.P5 representation.          This shall be done as<\/p>\n<p>expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within six weeks of<\/p>\n<p>production of a copy of this judgment, along with a copy of this writ<\/p>\n<p>petition.\n<\/p>\n<p>      This writ petition is disposed of as above.<\/p>\n<p>                                   (ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE)<br \/>\njg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Dr.K.Padmanabhan vs State Of Kerala on 11 December, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 35842 of 2009(A) 1. DR.K.PADMANABHAN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ITS &#8230; Respondent 2. DIRECTOR OF FISHERIES, DEPARTMENT OF 3. DEPARTMENTAL PROMOTION COMMITTEE FOR THE For Petitioner :SMT.SHAMEENA [&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-163875","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 v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dr.K.Padmanabhan vs State Of Kerala on 11 December, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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\/dr-k-padmanabhan-vs-state-of-kerala-on-11-december-2009\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dr.K.Padmanabhan vs State Of Kerala on 11 December, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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