{"id":214337,"date":"2008-01-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-20T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/radhakrishna-panicker-vs-food-corporation-of-india-on-21-january-2008"},"modified":"2017-02-27T05:08:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-26T23:38:00","slug":"radhakrishna-panicker-vs-food-corporation-of-india-on-21-january-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/radhakrishna-panicker-vs-food-corporation-of-india-on-21-january-2008","title":{"rendered":"Radhakrishna Panicker vs Food Corporation Of India on 21 January, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Radhakrishna Panicker vs Food Corporation Of India on 21 January, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWA No. 588 of 2007()\n\n\n1. RADHAKRISHNA PANICKER,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR(PERSONAL),\n\n3. THE JOINT MANAGER(ESTT),\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.K.JAJU BABU\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.P.JACOB VARGHESE, SC, FCI\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice P.N.RAVINDRAN\n\n Dated :21\/01\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n         K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR &amp; P.N.RAVINDRAN,JJ.\n\n               =========================\n\n                    WRIT APPEAL NO. 588  OF 2007\n\n               =========================\n\n             Dated this the 21st   day of January 2008\n\n\n                                  JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>B<br \/>\n   alakrishnan Nair,<br \/>\n                      J.\n<\/p>\n<p>       The   appellant   was   a   person   included   in   the   select   list<\/p>\n<p>published   by   the   Food   Corporation   of   India   for   appointment   to<\/p>\n<p>the   post   of   Deputy   Manager   &#8211;   General   Administration.   The   said<\/p>\n<p>list   was   cancelled   by   the   Union   of   India   as   per   Annexure-B<\/p>\n<p>document produced along with this writ appeal.  Fresh steps were<\/p>\n<p>taken for recruitment of candidates to the above said post. In the<\/p>\n<p>above   background,   this   writ   petition   was   filed   claiming<\/p>\n<p>appointment   based   on   his   inclusion   in   the   earlier   select   list<\/p>\n<p>published   by   the   Food   Corporation   of   India.   The   validity   of   the<\/p>\n<p>order   of   the   Union   of   India   cancelling   the   select   list   has   been<\/p>\n<p>upheld   by   the   Apex   Court   in   the   decision   reported   in  Food<\/p>\n<p>Corporation  of   India  and  others  v  Bhanu  lodh   and   others<\/p>\n<p>(AIR   2005   SC   2775).   The   appellant   points   out   that   several<\/p>\n<p>contentions   raised   by   him   in   this   appeal   were   not   raised   or<\/p>\n<p>considered   in   that   decision.     But   we   cannot   go   into   such<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">W.A.588\/2007                                                 2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>contentions  as   the  validity  of   the  cancellation  of   the  first   select<\/p>\n<p>list was already upheld by the Honourable Supreme Court in the<\/p>\n<p>decision   mentioned   above.   Accordingly,   the   writ   appeal   is<\/p>\n<p>dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR, JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>                                           P.N.RAVINDRAN, JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>css\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Radhakrishna Panicker vs Food Corporation Of India on 21 January, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WA No. 588 of 2007() 1. RADHAKRISHNA PANICKER, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED &#8230; Respondent 2. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR(PERSONAL), 3. THE JOINT MANAGER(ESTT), For Petitioner :SRI.K.JAJU BABU For Respondent :SRI.P.JACOB [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-kerala-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Radhakrishna Panicker vs Food Corporation Of India on 21 January, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/radhakrishna-panicker-vs-food-corporation-of-india-on-21-january-2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Radhakrishna Panicker vs Food Corporation Of India on 21 January, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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