{"id":233858,"date":"2009-12-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-13T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/p-c-thomas-vs-piravom-grama-panchayat-special-on-14-december-2009"},"modified":"2016-03-28T17:41:35","modified_gmt":"2016-03-28T12:11:35","slug":"p-c-thomas-vs-piravom-grama-panchayat-special-on-14-december-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/p-c-thomas-vs-piravom-grama-panchayat-special-on-14-december-2009","title":{"rendered":"P.C.Thomas vs Piravom Grama Panchayat (Special &#8230; on 14 December, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">P.C.Thomas vs Piravom Grama Panchayat (Special &#8230; on 14 December, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 35184 of 2009(P)\n\n\n1. P.C.THOMAS, AGED 58 YEARS,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n2. P.K.BAVAKUNJU, AGED 55 YEARS,\n3. SAJEEV ABRAHAM, AGED 50 YEARS,\n4. T.B.KOCHUMUHAMMED, AGED 54 YEARS,\n5. T.K.RAJU, AGED 45 YEARS,\n6. MANOJ P.GEORGE, AGED 31 YEARS,\n7. K.S.SHIJI, AGED 38 YEARS,\n8. K.R.BABU, AGED 47 YEARS,\n9. ALIAS VARGHESE, AGED 38 YEARS,\n10. SANTHOSH K.K., AGED 40 YEARS,\n11. P.K.ABDU, AGED 58 YEARS,\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. PIRAVOM GRAMA PANCHAYAT (SPECIAL GRADE)\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE SECRETARY,\n\n3. GEOLOGIST, DEPARTMENT OF MINING AND\n\n                For Petitioner  :DR.VINCENT PANIKULANGARA\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN\n\n Dated :14\/12\/2009\n\n O R D E R\n        THOTTATHIL B. RADHAKRISHNAN, J\n  ...........................................\n         WP(C).NO. 35184     OF   2009\n  ............................................\n DATED THIS THE   14TH  DAY OF  DECEMBER, 2009\n\n                    JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>      The   learned  counsel   for   the   first<\/p>\n<p>respondent  Panchayat  states  that  petitioners<\/p>\n<p>are  similarly  situated  to  those  covered  by<\/p>\n<p>Ext.P54  judgment  and   the  benefit  of   that<\/p>\n<p>judgment and the provisions contained therein<\/p>\n<p>could be made applicable to the petitioners<\/p>\n<p>also.  Accordingly,  it  is  ordered  that  the<\/p>\n<p>petitioners&#8217; request will also stand covered as<\/p>\n<p>per Ext.P54  and the judgment in WP(C)33107 of<\/p>\n<p>2009 will stand appended to this judgment. The<\/p>\n<p>parties will act in terms thereof.<\/p>\n<p>                   THOTTATHIL B RADHAKRISHNAN,<br \/>\n                           JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>lgk\/15\/12<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court P.C.Thomas vs Piravom Grama Panchayat (Special &#8230; on 14 December, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 35184 of 2009(P) 1. P.C.THOMAS, AGED 58 YEARS, &#8230; Petitioner 2. P.K.BAVAKUNJU, AGED 55 YEARS, 3. SAJEEV ABRAHAM, AGED 50 YEARS, 4. T.B.KOCHUMUHAMMED, AGED 54 YEARS, 5. T.K.RAJU, AGED 45 YEARS, 6. 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