{"id":252771,"date":"2008-05-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-20T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/k-ushakumari-vs-the-state-of-kerala-rep-by-its-on-21-may-2008"},"modified":"2015-05-23T20:43:43","modified_gmt":"2015-05-23T15:13:43","slug":"k-ushakumari-vs-the-state-of-kerala-rep-by-its-on-21-may-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/k-ushakumari-vs-the-state-of-kerala-rep-by-its-on-21-may-2008","title":{"rendered":"K.Ushakumari vs The State Of Kerala Rep. By Its on 21 May, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">K.Ushakumari vs The State Of Kerala Rep. By Its on 21 May, 2008<\/div>\n<pre id=\"pre_1\">       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 14878 of 2008(U)\n\n\n1. K.USHAKUMARI, SR.GRADE REGRACTIONIST\/\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE STATE OF KERALA REP. BY ITS\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES\n\n3. THE SUPERINTENDENT\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.T.RAJASEKHARAN NAIR\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice V.GIRI\n\n Dated :21\/<a href=\"\/doc\/1390448\/\" id=\"a_1\">05\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                              V.GIRI,J.\n                        -------------------------\n                  W.P ( C) No<\/a>.14878 of 2008\n                       --------------------------\n                Dated this the 21st May, 2008\n\n                         J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p id=\"p_1\">      Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to<\/p>\n<p>withdraw the writ petition without prejudice to the right of the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner to approach this Court again. Permission granted.<\/p>\n<p>The writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn.<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1\">                                                  (V.GIRI, JUDGE)<br \/>\nma<\/p>\n<p> K.THANKAPPAN,J<\/p>\n<p>CRL.A. NO.92 OF 1999<\/p>\n<p>       ORDER<\/p>\n<p>   25th May, 2007<\/p>\n<p>Common issues are raised for<\/p>\n<p>consideration in all these writ<\/p>\n<p>petitions. Reference is made to<\/p>\n<p>the   facts  in  Writ   Petition<\/p>\n<p>No.4562\/2008 for the sake of<\/p>\n<p>convenience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court K.Ushakumari vs The State Of Kerala Rep. By Its on 21 May, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 14878 of 2008(U) 1. K.USHAKUMARI, SR.GRADE REGRACTIONIST\/ &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. THE STATE OF KERALA REP. BY ITS &#8230; Respondent 2. THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES 3. 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