{"id":186898,"date":"2008-08-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-18T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/nirmala-shanmugham-vs-the-kerala-state-housing-board-on-19-august-2008"},"modified":"2017-02-24T07:54:19","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T02:24:19","slug":"nirmala-shanmugham-vs-the-kerala-state-housing-board-on-19-august-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/nirmala-shanmugham-vs-the-kerala-state-housing-board-on-19-august-2008","title":{"rendered":"Nirmala Shanmugham vs The Kerala State Housing Board on 19 August, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Nirmala Shanmugham vs The Kerala State Housing Board on 19 August, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nRSA.No. 310 of 2008()\n\n\n1. NIRMALA SHANMUGHAM,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE KERALA STATE HOUSING BOARD,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER,\n\n3. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER,\n\n4. KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.P.GOPALAKRISHNAN NAIR\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.A.JAYASANKAR, SC KSHB, TVM\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice K.P.BALACHANDRAN\n\n Dated :19\/08\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n              K.P.BALACHANDRAN, J.\n          ------------------------------------------------\n                   R. S. A. No.310 of 2008\n          ------------------------------------------------\n          Dated this the 19th day of August, 2008\n\n                         JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>      When this matter came up for final<\/p>\n<p>hearing,  counsel            for        the        appellant   is<\/p>\n<p>absent and there is no representation even<\/p>\n<p>on his behalf. There is no representation<\/p>\n<p>for the respondents either.<\/p>\n<p>     In the result, I dismiss this R.S.A<\/p>\n<p>for default.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                K.P.BALACHANDRAN,<br \/>\n                                                             JUDGE<br \/>\nkns\/-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Nirmala Shanmugham vs The Kerala State Housing Board on 19 August, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM RSA.No. 310 of 2008() 1. NIRMALA SHANMUGHAM, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. THE KERALA STATE HOUSING BOARD, &#8230; Respondent 2. THE CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER, 3. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, 4. 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