{"id":180919,"date":"2007-07-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-02T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/winston-r-e-vs-the-state-of-kerala-on-3-july-2007"},"modified":"2015-09-25T14:23:53","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T08:53:53","slug":"winston-r-e-vs-the-state-of-kerala-on-3-july-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/winston-r-e-vs-the-state-of-kerala-on-3-july-2007","title":{"rendered":"Winston.R.E. vs The State Of Kerala on 3 July, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Winston.R.E. vs The State Of Kerala on 3 July, 2007<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C) No. 25895 of 2006(G)\n\n\n1. WINSTON.R.E., ASSISTANT ENGINEER,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE SECRETARY, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT,\n\n3. THE CHIEF ENGINEER, (ADMINISTRATION),\n\n4. THE CHIEF ENGINEER,\n\n5. P.KARTHIKEYAN, S\/O.A.PACKIANATHAN,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.GEORGE JACOB (JOSE)\n\n                For Respondent  :GOVERNMENT PLEADER\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR\n\n Dated :03\/07\/2007\n\n O R D E R\n              K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR, J.\n\n           -------------------------\n\n                W.P.(C) No.25895 of  2006 G\n\n           -------------------------\n\n               Dated this the 3rd  day of July, 2007.\n\n\n\n                          JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>           The petitioner has approached this court challenging<\/p>\n<p>his   deployment   from   the   Public   Works   Department   to   the<\/p>\n<p>Department of Local Self Government.<\/p>\n<p>           Now,  it is submitted by the Government Pleader that<\/p>\n<p>by   Ext.R1(a)   dated   2.1.2007,   his   deployment   has   been<\/p>\n<p>cancelled.  This submission is recorded and the writ petition is<\/p>\n<p>closed.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                             Sd\/-\n<\/p>\n<p>\n                        (K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR)<\/p>\n<p>                                                  JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>sk\/<\/p>\n<p>                    \/\/true copy\/\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Winston.R.E. vs The State Of Kerala on 3 July, 2007 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C) No. 25895 of 2006(G) 1. WINSTON.R.E., ASSISTANT ENGINEER, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY &#8230; Respondent 2. THE SECRETARY, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, 3. THE CHIEF ENGINEER, (ADMINISTRATION), 4. 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