{"id":187692,"date":"2010-12-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-14T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/e-k-ulahannan-vs-the-union-of-india-on-15-december-2010"},"modified":"2014-12-07T00:02:03","modified_gmt":"2014-12-06T18:32:03","slug":"e-k-ulahannan-vs-the-union-of-india-on-15-december-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/e-k-ulahannan-vs-the-union-of-india-on-15-december-2010","title":{"rendered":"E.K.Ulahannan vs The Union Of India on 15 December, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">E.K.Ulahannan vs The Union Of India on 15 December, 2010<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nOP (CAT).No. 1170 of 2010(S)\n\n\n1. E.K.ULAHANNAN, AGED 59 YEARS, S\/O.KORA,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n2. SABU THOMAS, AGED 50 YEARS, S\/O.(LATE)\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY THE\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONER,\n\n3. THE DEPUTY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONER,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.T.C.GOVINDA SWAMY\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.T.P.M.IBRAHIM KHAN,ASST.S.G OF INDI\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice B.P.RAY\n\n Dated :15\/12\/2010\n\n O R D E R\n                    C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR &amp;\n                       BHABANI PRASAD RAY, JJ.\n               ....................................................................\n                         O.P.(CAT) No.1170 of 2010\n               ....................................................................\n               Dated this the 15th day of December, 2010.\n\n                                      JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>Ramachandran Nair, J.\n<\/p>\n<p>      Heard counsel for the petitioners.                       Prayer in the O.P. is for<\/p>\n<p>direction to respondents to give promotion to the petitioners as<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Security Officers. On going through the Tribunal&#8217;s order, we<\/p>\n<p>find that the qualification required for promotion is 8 years&#8217; service as<\/p>\n<p>Head Security Guard.            Both the petitioners were promoted as Head<\/p>\n<p>Security Guards in the year 2009 and obviously they don&#8217;t have the<\/p>\n<p>experience to make them eligible for promotion to the post of Assistant<\/p>\n<p>Security Officer.      The petitioners&#8217; case is that when there is no one<\/p>\n<p>eligible to be promoted, the post could be filled up by dispensing with<\/p>\n<p>the qualification. However, it is seen that respondents have appointed<\/p>\n<p>eligible people on contract basis. We do not find anything irregular in<\/p>\n<p>the respondents appointing eligible persons as Assistant Security<\/p>\n<p>Officers on contract basis.            So long as petitioners are not qualified,<\/p>\n<p>they have no right to challenge contract employment at higher post.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                                 2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We, therefore, agree with the view of the Tribunal and consequently<\/p>\n<p>dismiss the O.P.(CAT).\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                 C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR<br \/>\n                                 Judge<\/p>\n<p>                                 BHABANI PRASAD RAY<br \/>\n                                 Judge<\/p>\n<p>pms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court E.K.Ulahannan vs The Union Of India on 15 December, 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM OP (CAT).No. 1170 of 2010(S) 1. E.K.ULAHANNAN, AGED 59 YEARS, S\/O.KORA, &#8230; Petitioner 2. SABU THOMAS, AGED 50 YEARS, S\/O.(LATE) Vs 1. THE UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY THE &#8230; Respondent 2. 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