{"id":168879,"date":"2007-06-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-11T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/s-shahanas-vs-union-of-india-on-12-june-2007"},"modified":"2017-01-24T07:07:10","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T01:37:10","slug":"s-shahanas-vs-union-of-india-on-12-june-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/s-shahanas-vs-union-of-india-on-12-june-2007","title":{"rendered":"S. Shahanas vs Union Of India on 12 June, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">S. Shahanas vs Union Of India on 12 June, 2007<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C) No. 31055 of 2006(S)\n\n\n1. S. SHAHANAS, AGED 24 YEARS,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT\n\n3. THE SUB RECORD OFFICER,\n\n4. THE CHIEF POSTMASTER GENERAL,\n\n5. DEEPA SASIDHARAN, D\/O.SASIDHARAN,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.M.A.SHAFIK\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice K.S.RADHAKRISHNAN\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice ANTONY DOMINIC\n\n Dated :12\/06\/2007\n\n O R D E R\n            K.S.RADHAKRISHNAN &amp; ANTONY DOMINIC, JJ.\n\n        ===============================\n\n                      W.P(c) NO. 31055 OF 2006\n\n                 ======================\n\n               Dated this the 12th day of June, 2007\n\n\n                              J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>Radhakrishnan, J.\n<\/p>\n<p>      This writ petition has been preferred against the order of the<\/p>\n<p>Central   Administrative   Tribunal   (CAT)   in   OA   769\/2003.     Counsel<\/p>\n<p>appearing for the writ petitioner submitted that OA  769\/2003 was<\/p>\n<p>disposed   of   along   with   OA   738\/2003   and   connected   cases.\n<\/p>\n<p>Against   the   order   in   OA   738\/2003,   WP(C)   2473\/2007   was   filed<\/p>\n<p>before   this   court,   which   was   disposed   of   by   another   Division<\/p>\n<p>Bench   setting   aside   the   order   of   the   Tribunal   and   directed   to<\/p>\n<p>consider whether the petitioners therein had worked for 240 days<\/p>\n<p>in the year of 2002, if that be so, the court held that automatically<\/p>\n<p>they would get the benefit of the two letters dated 6.6.1988 and<\/p>\n<p>31.3.1992.\n<\/p>\n<p>      2.      We have perused the order under challenge.  It is clear<\/p>\n<p>from   the   materials   made   available   before   the   Tribunal   that<\/p>\n<p>petitioner   had   not   worked   for   240   days   in   any   of   the   years.\n<\/p>\n<p>Petitioner   submitted   that   the   finding   made   by   the   Tribunal   is<\/p>\n<p>WP(C) No.31055\/2006<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                                       : 2 :<\/span><\/p>\n<p>incorrect.     Petitioner,   if   so   advised,   may   move   the   Tribunal   and<\/p>\n<p>establish the fact that he had worked for   240 days about which<\/p>\n<p>we   express   no   opinion.     Petitioner   if   so   advised   may   produce   a<\/p>\n<p>copy of the judgment in WP(C) No.2473\/2007 before the Tribunal<\/p>\n<p>and Tribunal will consider the same and pass appropriate orders.\n<\/p>\n<p>      3.     If there is delay in filing the application for review, the<\/p>\n<p>same   also   may   be   considered   by   the   Tribunal   taking   into<\/p>\n<p>consideration   all   aspects   including   the   pendency   of   the   writ<\/p>\n<p>petition   here   as   well   as   taking   note   of   the   direction   in   WP(C)<\/p>\n<p>No.2473\/2007.\n<\/p>\n<p>      Writ petition is disposed of with the above directions.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                         K.S.RADHAKRISHNAN, JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n<p>Rp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court S. Shahanas vs Union Of India on 12 June, 2007 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C) No. 31055 of 2006(S) 1. S. SHAHANAS, AGED 24 YEARS, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY &#8230; Respondent 2. THE SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT 3. THE SUB RECORD OFFICER, 4. 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