{"id":22916,"date":"2008-03-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-27T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/c-n-sankara-kaimal-vs-the-director-on-28-march-2008"},"modified":"2017-04-21T09:54:24","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T04:24:24","slug":"c-n-sankara-kaimal-vs-the-director-on-28-march-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/c-n-sankara-kaimal-vs-the-director-on-28-march-2008","title":{"rendered":"C.N.Sankara Kaimal vs The Director on 28 March, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">C.N.Sankara Kaimal vs The Director on 28 March, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C) No. 26167 of 2004(M)\n\n\n1. C.N.SANKARA KAIMAL, BOAT MASTER,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n2. P.A.MOHANDAS, BOAT MASTER, STATE\n3. K.K.GOPI, BOAT MASTER, STATE WATER\n4. P.J.VARGHESE, BOAT MASTER, STATE\n5. V.R.PRATHAPACHANDRAN, BOAT MASTER\n6. P.K.BHADRAN, BOAT MASTER,\n7. K.SUKUMARAN PANCIKER, BOAT MASTER,\n8. P.A.JOSEPH, BOAT MASTER(RTD),\n9. A.C.JOSEPH, BOAT MASTER, STATE WATER\n10. P.O.VAVA, BOAT MASTER (RTD),\n11. K.LALASAN, BOAT MASTER (RTD)\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE DIRECTOR, STATE WATER TRANSPORT\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY SECRETARY TO\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.K.JAJU BABU\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice KURIAN JOSEPH\n\n Dated :28\/03\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n<\/pre>\n<p>                       KURIAN JOSEPH, J.\n<\/p>\n<p>               &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;\n<\/p>\n<p>                   W.P.(C). No. 26167 OF 2004\n<\/p>\n<p>               &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\n            Dated this the 28th day of March, 2008.\n<\/p>\n<p>                         J U D G M E N T<\/p>\n<p>     In the matter of revision of the Second Higher Grade,<\/p>\n<p>it  is   submitted     that   in  view    of   the   judgment in<\/p>\n<p>W.P.(C).No. 24844\/2006, no further orders are necessary in this<\/p>\n<p>writ petition. It is hence closed.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                       KURIAN JOSEPH, JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n<p>smp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court C.N.Sankara Kaimal vs The Director on 28 March, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C) No. 26167 of 2004(M) 1. C.N.SANKARA KAIMAL, BOAT MASTER, &#8230; Petitioner 2. P.A.MOHANDAS, BOAT MASTER, STATE 3. K.K.GOPI, BOAT MASTER, STATE WATER 4. P.J.VARGHESE, BOAT MASTER, STATE 5. V.R.PRATHAPACHANDRAN, BOAT MASTER 6. 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