{"id":243211,"date":"2010-01-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-17T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/k-v-gheevarghese-vs-state-of-kerala-on-18-january-2010"},"modified":"2015-05-23T19:54:53","modified_gmt":"2015-05-23T14:24:53","slug":"k-v-gheevarghese-vs-state-of-kerala-on-18-january-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/k-v-gheevarghese-vs-state-of-kerala-on-18-january-2010","title":{"rendered":"K.V.Gheevarghese vs State Of Kerala on 18 January, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">K.V.Gheevarghese vs State Of Kerala on 18 January, 2010<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWA.No. 1322 of 2003()\n\n\n1. K.V.GHEEVARGHESE, ASSISTANT ENGINEER,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n2. K.M.MOHAMMED ABDUL RAHIMAN,\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ITS\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, NATIONAL\n\n3. THE ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER,\n\n4. THE ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER,\n\n5. THE ACCOUNTANT, GENERAL, AUDIT,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.K.A.ABRAHAM\n\n                For Respondent  :GOVERNMENT PLEADER\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice C.T.RAVIKUMAR\n\n Dated :18\/01\/2010\n\n O R D E R\n         K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR &amp; C.T.RAVIKUMAR, JJ.\n               ----------------------------------------------\n                      W.A. No.1322 of 2003\n               ----------------------------------------------\n                    Dated 18th January, 2010.\n\n                           J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>Balakrishnan Nair, J.\n<\/p>\n<p>            In view of the judgment in W.A.No.2295\/2002, dated<\/p>\n<p>5.11.2005, this Writ Appeal is liable to be dismissed. Accordingly,<\/p>\n<p>it is dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                   K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR, JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                             C.T.RAVIKUMAR, JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n<p>tgs<\/p>\n<p>         K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR &amp;<\/p>\n<p>                   C.T.RAVIKUMAR, JJ.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-\n<\/p>\n<p>              W.A. No.1322 of 2003\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>              J U D G M E N T<\/p>\n<p>       Dated 18th January, 2010.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court K.V.Gheevarghese vs State Of Kerala on 18 January, 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WA.No. 1322 of 2003() 1. K.V.GHEEVARGHESE, ASSISTANT ENGINEER, &#8230; Petitioner 2. K.M.MOHAMMED ABDUL RAHIMAN, Vs 1. 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