{"id":243539,"date":"2007-11-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-05T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/k-k-thomas-vs-state-of-kerala-on-6-november-2007"},"modified":"2016-01-11T20:09:35","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T14:39:35","slug":"k-k-thomas-vs-state-of-kerala-on-6-november-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/k-k-thomas-vs-state-of-kerala-on-6-november-2007","title":{"rendered":"K.K.Thomas vs State Of Kerala on 6 November, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">K.K.Thomas vs State Of Kerala on 6 November, 2007<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C) No. 32847 of 2007(I)\n\n\n1. K.K.THOMAS, ASST.ENGINEER P.W.D.,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE DIRECTOR,\n\n3. DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE,\n\n4. THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.S.KRISHNAMOORTHY\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice V.GIRI\n\n Dated :06\/11\/2007\n\n O R D E R\n                              V. GIRI ,J.\n                     -------------------------------\n                     WP(C).NO. 32847 of 2007\n                    ---------------------------------\n           Dated this the 6th day of November, 2007\n\n                           JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>        Petitioner who is an Assistant Engineer in the PWD faces<\/p>\n<p>suspension as per Ext.P2 order passed by the Government on<\/p>\n<p>17.10.2007. Ext.P2 is under challenge in this writ petition.<\/p>\n<p>     In my view, the petitioner is entitled to seek revocation of the<\/p>\n<p>suspension before the Government itself. Petitioner may therefore file<\/p>\n<p>a representation seeking revocation within a period of one month in<\/p>\n<p>which case it will be considered and appropriate decision will be taken<\/p>\n<p>by the Government within a period of one month thereafter, after<\/p>\n<p>hearing the petitioner.\n<\/p>\n<p>     The writ petition is disposed of as above.<\/p>\n<p>                                          V. GIRI, JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>css\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court K.K.Thomas vs State Of Kerala on 6 November, 2007 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C) No. 32847 of 2007(I) 1. K.K.THOMAS, ASST.ENGINEER P.W.D., &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY, &#8230; Respondent 2. THE DIRECTOR, 3. DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, 4. 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