{"id":188531,"date":"2009-01-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-15T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sreenivasan-k-vs-the-mahatma-gandhi-university-on-16-january-2009"},"modified":"2015-02-01T22:07:44","modified_gmt":"2015-02-01T16:37:44","slug":"sreenivasan-k-vs-the-mahatma-gandhi-university-on-16-january-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sreenivasan-k-vs-the-mahatma-gandhi-university-on-16-january-2009","title":{"rendered":"Sreenivasan K vs The Mahatma Gandhi University on 16 January, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Sreenivasan K vs The Mahatma Gandhi University on 16 January, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 24981 of 2007(Y)\n\n\n1. SREENIVASAN K.,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. ST. PETER'S COLLEGE,\n\n3. THE DIRECTOR OF COLLEGIATE EDUCATION,\n\n4. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COLLEGIATE\n\n5. STATE OF KERALA,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.MURALI PURUSHOTHAMAN\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.MILLU DANDAPANI\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice K.T.SANKARAN\n\n Dated :16\/01\/2009\n\n O R D E R\n                       K.T.SANKARAN, J.\n               ---------------------------------------------\n                  W.P.(C).No.24981 of 2007\n               ---------------------------------------------\n           Dated this the 16th day of January, 2009\n\n\n\n                           JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>     The Writ Petitioner filed I.A.No.566 of 2009                   seeking<\/p>\n<p>permission to withdraw the Writ Petition with liberty to file<\/p>\n<p>another Writ Petition, if found necessary.                 In the facts and<\/p>\n<p>circumstances stated in the affidavit, I.A.No.566 of 2009 is<\/p>\n<p>allowed and the Writ Petition is dismissed as withdrawn with<\/p>\n<p>permission to the petitioner to file another Writ Petition, if<\/p>\n<p>necessary.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                      K.T.SANKARAN,<br \/>\n                                                            JUDGE<br \/>\ncsl<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Sreenivasan K vs The Mahatma Gandhi University on 16 January, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 24981 of 2007(Y) 1. SREENIVASAN K., &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. THE MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY, &#8230; Respondent 2. ST. PETER&#8217;S COLLEGE, 3. THE DIRECTOR OF COLLEGIATE EDUCATION, 4. 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