{"id":258004,"date":"2008-07-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-24T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/r-padmakumar-vs-state-of-kerala-on-25-july-2008-2"},"modified":"2018-11-18T23:47:34","modified_gmt":"2018-11-18T18:17:34","slug":"r-padmakumar-vs-state-of-kerala-on-25-july-2008-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/r-padmakumar-vs-state-of-kerala-on-25-july-2008-2","title":{"rendered":"R.Padmakumar vs State Of Kerala on 25 July, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">R.Padmakumar vs State Of Kerala on 25 July, 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. 19998 of 2005(E)\n\n\n1. R.PADMAKUMAR,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT,\n\n3. THE CHIEF ENGINEER,\n\n4. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER,\n\n5. THE CHIEF ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.AJITH KRISHNAN\n\n                For Respondent  :GOVERNMENT PLEADER\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice KURIAN JOSEPH\n\n Dated :25\/07\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                         KURIAN JOSEPH, J.\n               ---------------------------------------\n                   W.P.(C) No.19998 OF 2005\n               ---------------------------------------\n            Dated this the 25th day of July, 2008.\n\n\n                           J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p id=\"p_1\">      In the matter of payment of bill amount, in case the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner has still any grievance left, he may approach the<\/p>\n<p>Government or the Civil Court.<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1\">      This writ petition is disposed of as above.<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_2\">                                        KURIAN JOSEPH, JUDGE.<\/p>\n<p>smp<\/p>\n<p>  KURIAN JOSEPH, J.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_3\">\n<p>W.P.(C) No. 19998 OF 2005<\/p>\n<p>     J U D G M E N T<\/p>\n<p>       25.07.2008<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court R.Padmakumar vs State Of Kerala on 25 July, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 19998 of 2005(E) 1. 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