{"id":173782,"date":"2009-06-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-14T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/v-vijayan-vs-kerala-state-electricity-board-on-15-june-2009"},"modified":"2014-11-04T13:50:21","modified_gmt":"2014-11-04T08:20:21","slug":"v-vijayan-vs-kerala-state-electricity-board-on-15-june-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/v-vijayan-vs-kerala-state-electricity-board-on-15-june-2009","title":{"rendered":"V.Vijayan vs Kerala State Electricity Board on 15 June, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
V.Vijayan vs Kerala State Electricity Board on 15 June, 2009<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nOP.No. 249 of 2003(D)\n\n\n1. V.VIJAYAN, SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT\n                      ...  Petitioner\n2. K.KOMALAKUMARI,\n3. N.A.VISWANATHAN, SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT,\n4. K.SARALADEVI, SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT\n5. N.K.MUHAMMEDALI, ASSISTANT,\n6. A.SETHU, SUB ENGINEER,(RETD), KSEB,\n7. A.BHASKARAN, SENIOR WATCHMAN (RETD),\n8. K.A.ABUHAMEED, JUNIOR ENGINEER,\n9. N.K.LEVAN, ASSISTANT ACCOUNTS OFFICER,\n10. R.KRISHNAN, SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT,\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. EXECUTIVE ENGINEER,\n\n3. EXECUTIVE ENGINEER,\n\n4. EXECUTIVE ENGINEER,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.G.D.PANICKER\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.T.G.RAJENDRAN SC FOR K.S.E.B.\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice ANTONY DOMINIC\n\n Dated :15\/06\/2009\n\n O R D E R\n                        ANTONY DOMINIC, J.\n                  -------------------------\n                        O.P. No.249 of 2003\n            ---------------------------------\n             Dated, this the 15th day of June, 2009\n\n                           J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n
     The petitioners are retired employees of the 1st respondent<\/p>\n
Board, having retired during the period from 01\/07\/1998 to<\/p>\n
23\/03\/2001.\n<\/p>\n
     2.    Ext.P1 is a Board order, revising the pensionary benefits<\/p>\n
of pensioners\/family pensioners of the Board. This was issued on<\/p>\n
23\/03\/2001, and as per Clause 5, the order is effective from<\/p>\n
01\/07\/1998. In so far as the issue raised in this original petition is<\/p>\n
concerned, all that is to be noticed is that in Clause 17 it is provided<\/p>\n
that as far as the arrears payable is concerned, interest will accrue<\/p>\n
from the date of authorization of revised DCRG and Commutation.<\/p>\n
In implementation of Ext.P1 order authorization of revised DCRG \/<\/p>\n
Commutation orders were issued to the petitioners on various<\/p>\n
dates. Ext.P2 is one such order issued on 15\/09\/2001.<\/p>\n
     3.    Complaining that as a result of the belated issuance of<\/p>\n
authorization, they have lost considerable amounts towards interest,<\/p>\n
O.P. No.249\/2003
\n                                  -2-<\/span><\/p>\n
Ext.P3 representation was submitted by the 1st petitioner. Ext.P4 is<\/p>\n
a tabulation statement in which, the petitioners have given the<\/p>\n
details of the amounts, which they claim to have lost towards<\/p>\n
interest due to belated issue of authorisation.<\/p>\n
      4.     According to the petitioners, pensioners form one class<\/p>\n
and although, in Ext.P1, date of authorization is the date specified<\/p>\n
for their entitlement of interest on arrears, in several cases,<\/p>\n
authorization has been issued immediately on the issuance of<\/p>\n
Ext.P1. It is stated that as against this, in many cases such as those<\/p>\n
of the petitioners’, issuance of authorization was inordinately<\/p>\n
delayed, and as a result of which, their entitlement for interest<\/p>\n
commenced only from a belated date.            This, according to the<\/p>\n
petitioners, resulted in discrimination, in as much as those who<\/p>\n
have been issued authorisation belatedly lost considerable amounts<\/p>\n
towards interest. On this factual basis, complaining that their rights<\/p>\n
under Article 14 of the Constitution of India has been violated, this<\/p>\n
writ petition has been filed seeking to quash the Clause in Ext.P1<\/p>\n
providing that interest will accrue from the date of authorization,<\/p>\n
and to direct the respondents to grant interest with reference to the<\/p>\n
O.P. No.249\/2003
\n                                  -3-<\/span><\/p>\n
date of retirement or at least from the date of Ext.P1 order.<\/p>\n
      5.     The respondents have filed a counter affidavit. In the<\/p>\n
counter affidavit filed, they are denying the allegation of<\/p>\n
discrimination.   Irrespective of the factual controversy, that is<\/p>\n
involved, what arises for determination is whether the respondents<\/p>\n
were justified in fixing the date of authorization of revised<\/p>\n
DCRG\/Commutation as the date from which, interest will be payable<\/p>\n
to the pensioners. In other words, the question is whether fixation<\/p>\n
of such a cut off date is arbitrary and is violative of the<\/p>\n
constitutional right of the petitioners. The learned counsel for the<\/p>\n
petitioners relied on the Apex Court judgment in State of West<\/p>\n
Bengal & Others v. Ratan Behari Dey & Others<\/a> (1993(4) SCC 62). In<\/p>\n
this judgment, although the right to choose a cut off date has been<\/p>\n
conceded in favour of the Government, the Apex Court held that a<\/p>\n
date prescribed shall not be unreasonable or discriminatory. Such a<\/p>\n
conclusion has been arrived on referring to the judgments of the<\/p>\n
Apex Court in D.S.Nakara v. Union of India<\/a> (1983(1) SCC 305) and<\/p>\n
Krishena Kumar v. Union of India (1990(4) SCC 207). A Division<\/p>\n
Bench of this Court in the judgment in Ananthasubramanian v. State<\/p>\n
O.P. No.249\/2003
\n                                  -4-<\/span><\/p>\n
of Kerala (1996(2) KLT 69) has also followed the Apex Court<\/p>\n
judgment in State of West Bengal’s case referred to above.<\/p>\n
      6.     On the other hand, the learned standing counsel for the<\/p>\n
Electricity Board referred to me the Apex Court judgment in<\/p>\n
Government of A.P. v. Subbarayudu<\/a> (2008(2) KLT 681) and<\/p>\n
contended that the fixation of a cut off date has been done taking<\/p>\n
into account various considerations and that except in a case of<\/p>\n
extreme arbitrariness, this Court will not be justified in interfering<\/p>\n
with the same. It is pointed out that in so far as the respondents<\/p>\n
are concerned, they have not discriminated any employee in as<\/p>\n
much as the date specified is a uniform one, namely, the date of<\/p>\n
authorization of revised DCRG\/Commutation as the date rendering<\/p>\n
the pensioner eligible for interest.\n<\/p>\n
      7.     As already stated, the limited examination that is<\/p>\n
possible for this Court is whether the date chosen by the<\/p>\n
respondents is one which is without any justification, or whether it<\/p>\n
is so arbitrary and discriminatory offending Article 14 of the<\/p>\n
Constitution of India. Although, it is factually correct that the date<\/p>\n
of issue of revised authorization is not the same for all the<\/p>\n
O.P. No.249\/2003
\n                                       -5-<\/span><\/p>\n
employees, which is humanly impractical also, the petitioners<\/p>\n
cannot say that the date fixed by the Board is not uniform. If that<\/p>\n
be so, the date fixed as such cannot be characterised as one which<\/p>\n
is discriminatory. Leaving all these controversies, in my view, in the<\/p>\n
light of the law laid down by the Apex Court in Government of A.P.<\/p>\n
v. Subbarayudu<\/a> (2008(2) KLT 681) this Court will not be justified in<\/p>\n
interfering with the date fixed. Paragraphs 4 to 8 of the judgment,<\/p>\n
which is of relevance is reads as under:-\n<\/p>\n
             “4.   In a catena of decisions of this Court it has been held
\n      that the cut off date is fixed by the executive authority keeping in
\n      view the economic conditions, financial constraints and many
\n      other administrative and other attending circumstances.         This
\n      Court is also of the view that fixing cut off dates is within the
\n      domain of the executive authority and the Court should not
\n      normally interfere with the fixation of cut off date by the executive
\n      authority unless such order appears to be on the face of it
\n      blatantly discriminatory and arbitrary.(See State of Punjab & Ors.
\n      v. Amar Nath Goyal & Ors.<\/a> (2005 (6) SCC 754).\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
             5.    No doubt in D.S.Nakara & Ors. v. Union of India<\/a>
\n      (1983 (1) SCC 305) this Court had struck down the cut off date in
\n      connection with the demand of pension. However, in subsequent
\n      decisions this Court has considerably watered down the rigid view
\n      taken in Nakara’s case (supra), as observed in para.29 of the
\n      decision of this Court in State of Punjab & ors. v. Amar Nath Goyal
\n      & Ors.<\/a> (supra).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
             6.    There may be various considerations in the mind of<\/p>\n
O.P. No.249\/2003
\n                                        -6-<\/span><\/p>\n
      the executive authorities due to which a particular cut off date has
\n      been fixed. These considerations can be financial, administrative
\n      or other considerations. The Court must exercise judicial restraint
\n      and must ordinarily leave it to the executive authorities to fix the
\n      cut off date. The Government must be left with some leeway and
\n      free play at the joints in this connection.\n<\/p>\n
             7.     In fact several decisions of this Court have gone to
\n      the extent of saying that the choice of a cut off date cannot be
\n      dubbed as arbitrary even if no particular reason is given for the
\n      same in the counter affidavit filed by the Government, (unless it is
\n      shown to be totally capricious or whimsical) vide State of Bihar v.
\n      Ramjee Prasad<\/a> (1990 (3) SCC 368), Union of Indian & Anr. v.
\n      Sudhir Kumar Jaiswal<\/a> (1994 (4) SCC 212) (vide para 5), Ramrao &
\n      Ors. v. All India Backward Class Bank Employees Welfare
\n      Association & Ors.<\/a> (2004 (2) SCC 76) (vide para 31), University
\n      Grants Commission v. Sadhana Chaudhary & Ors.<\/a> (1996 (10) SCC\n<\/p>\n
      536) etc. It follows, therefore, that even if no reason has been
\n      given in the counter affidavit of the Government or the executive
\n      authority as to why a particular cut off date has been chosen, the
\n      Court must still not declare that date to be arbitrary and violative
\n      of Art.14 unless the said cut off date leads to some blatantly
\n      capricious or outrageous result.\n<\/p>\n
             8.     As has been held by this Court in Divisional Manager,
\n      Aravali Golf Club & Anr. v. Chander Hass & Anr.<\/a> 2008(1) KLT SN
\n      29 (C.No.33) SC = 2008(3) 3 JT 221 and in Government of Andhra
\n      Pradesh & Ors. v. Smt.P.Laxmi Devi,<\/a> 2008(2) KLT SN 13 (C.No.13)
\n      SC = 2008(2) 8 JT 639 the Court must maintain judicial restraint
\n      in matters relating to the legislative or executive domain.”<\/p>\n
      In the light of the judgment as above, I cannot accept the plea<\/p>\n
O.P. No.249\/2003
\n                                    -7-<\/span><\/p>\n
of the petitioners that the respondents are to be faulted in fixing the<\/p>\n
date of authorization as the relevant date for payment of interest.<\/p>\n
      The original petition fails, and accordingly, dismissed.<\/p>\n
                                         (ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE)
\njg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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