{"id":24846,"date":"2007-02-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-27T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/kumari-ananda-devi-vs-the-state-of-kerala-represented-by-on-28-february-2007"},"modified":"2018-09-07T07:26:51","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T01:56:51","slug":"kumari-ananda-devi-vs-the-state-of-kerala-represented-by-on-28-february-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/kumari-ananda-devi-vs-the-state-of-kerala-represented-by-on-28-february-2007","title":{"rendered":"Kumari Ananda Devi vs The State Of Kerala Represented By &#8230; on 28 February, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Kumari Ananda Devi vs The State Of Kerala Represented By &#8230; on 28 February, 2007<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C) No. 3571 of 2004(A)\n\n\n1. KUMARI ANANDA DEVI, AGED 55 YEARS,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n2. K.P. REGHU RAMAN, AGED 48 YEARS,\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT\n\n3. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION\n\n4. THE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.V.A.MUHAMMED\n\n                For Respondent  :GOVERNMENT PLEADER\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice KURIAN JOSEPH\n\n Dated :28\/02\/2007\n\n O R D E R\n                             KURIAN JOSEPH, J.\n\n                  ----------------------------------------------\n\n                        W.P.(C) No.3571 of 2004\n\n                  ----------------------------------------------\n\n                      Dated 28th   February,  2007.\n\n\n                                J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>               The issue raised in this writ petition regarding date of<\/p>\n<p>effect   of   re-option   is   covered   in   favour  of   the   petitioners   by   the<\/p>\n<p>decision   of   this   Court   reported   in  <a href=\"\/doc\/866984\/\">State   of   Kerala   v.   Lissy<\/p>\n<p>Joseph<\/a>    (2005(4)   KLT   SN   70(Case   No.97),   wherein   it   has   been<\/p>\n<p>held that the re-option has to take effect from the date opted by<\/p>\n<p>the   incumbents   and   not   the   date   of   making   the   re-option.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the impugned orders are quashed and the writ petition<\/p>\n<p>is allowed.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                  KURIAN JOSEPH, JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n<p>\ntgs<\/p>\n<p>            KURIAN JOSEPH, J<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>            O.P.No.  of  2002<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>              J U D G M E N T<\/p>\n<p>    Dated 28th   February,  2007.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Kumari Ananda Devi vs The State Of Kerala Represented By &#8230; on 28 February, 2007 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C) No. 3571 of 2004(A) 1. KUMARI ANANDA DEVI, AGED 55 YEARS, &#8230; Petitioner 2. K.P. REGHU RAMAN, AGED 48 YEARS, Vs 1. THE STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-kerala-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kumari Ananda Devi vs The State Of Kerala Represented By ... on 28 February, 2007 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/kumari-ananda-devi-vs-the-state-of-kerala-represented-by-on-28-february-2007\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kumari Ananda Devi vs The State Of Kerala Represented By ... on 28 February, 2007 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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