{"id":167296,"date":"2007-12-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-10T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/kala-thankachy-vs-the-state-of-kerala-on-11-december-2007"},"modified":"2014-08-19T03:16:39","modified_gmt":"2014-08-18T21:46:39","slug":"kala-thankachy-vs-the-state-of-kerala-on-11-december-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/kala-thankachy-vs-the-state-of-kerala-on-11-december-2007","title":{"rendered":"Kala Thankachy vs The State Of Kerala on 11 December, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Kala Thankachy vs The State Of Kerala on 11 December, 2007<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C) No. 26261 of 2007(B)\n\n\n1. KALA THANKACHY,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n2. MANJU A.,\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION,\n\n3. THE KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION,\n\n4. THE DISTRICT OFFICER,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.P.SIVARAJ\n\n                For Respondent  :GOVERNMENT PLEADER\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice S.SIRI JAGAN\n\n Dated :11\/12\/2007\n\n O R D E R\n                            S. SIRI JAGAN, J.\n\n                   ------------------------------------\n\n                      W.P.(C)No.26261  OF 2007\n\n                 ----------------------------------------\n\n                Dated this the 11th day of December, 2007\n\n\n                                JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>       Learned   counsel   for   the   petitioner   submits   that   the   first<\/p>\n<p>petitioner   has   already   received   advice   memo   from   the   Kerala<\/p>\n<p>Public   Service   Commission   and   the   second   petitioner   has   no<\/p>\n<p>scope  for  getting  advice  because  she is  lower  down in the  rank<\/p>\n<p>list.  Recording the above submission, this writ petition is closed.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                       S. 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