{"id":218964,"date":"2009-07-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/p-s-v-menon-vs-malabar-cements-limited-on-23-july-2009"},"modified":"2016-09-13T11:56:41","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T06:26:41","slug":"p-s-v-menon-vs-malabar-cements-limited-on-23-july-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/p-s-v-menon-vs-malabar-cements-limited-on-23-july-2009","title":{"rendered":"P.S.V. Menon vs Malabar Cements Limited on 23 July, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">P.S.V. Menon vs Malabar Cements Limited on 23 July, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 20663 of 2009(C)\n\n\n1. P.S.V. MENON, AGED 68 YEARS,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. MALABAR CEMENTS LIMITED,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE MANAGING DIRECTOR,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.U.BALAGANGADHARAN\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice P.N.RAVINDRAN\n\n Dated :23\/07\/2009\n\n O R D E R\n                           P.N.RAVINDRAN, J.\n                 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=\n                     W.P.(C) No.20663 of 2009-C\n                 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=\n                 Dated this the 23rd day of July, 2009\n\n                                JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>      Heard Sri.U.Balagangadharan, the learned counsel appearing for the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner and Smt.Latha Krishnan, learned standing counsel appearing<\/p>\n<p>for the Malabar Cements Limited.\n<\/p>\n<p>      The petitioner is a former employee of the Malabar Cements<\/p>\n<p>Limited. He retired from service on attaining the age of superannuation<\/p>\n<p>in the year 1999. In this writ petition he contends that while in service he<\/p>\n<p>was illegally suspended, later re-instated in service and back wages paid<\/p>\n<p>only after a period of five years. He submits that he is therefore entitled<\/p>\n<p>to interest on the back wages paid to him. In my opinion the claim made<\/p>\n<p>by the petitioner is highly belated.      The pleadings disclose that the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner was suspended during the period from 28.10.1997 to<\/p>\n<p>13.8.1998.    Nearly ten years have passed thereafter.        If at all the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner had any claim he ought to have raised the claim and moved<\/p>\n<p>this Court or the competent Civil Court while in service. In any case he<\/p>\n<p>ought to have raised his claim immediately after retirement. The claim<\/p>\n<p>made by the petitioner is highly belated.\n<\/p>\n<p>      The writ petition fails and is accordingly dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>                                           Sd\/-\n<\/p>\n<p>                               P.N.RAVINDRAN, JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>                   \/\/True Copy\/\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court P.S.V. Menon vs Malabar Cements Limited on 23 July, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 20663 of 2009(C) 1. P.S.V. MENON, AGED 68 YEARS, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. MALABAR CEMENTS LIMITED, &#8230; Respondent 2. THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, For Petitioner :SRI.U.BALAGANGADHARAN For Respondent : No Appearance The Hon&#8217;ble MR. 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