{"id":270812,"date":"2008-10-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-02T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/fr-k-j-mathew-vs-state-of-kerala-others-on-3-october-2008"},"modified":"2018-06-04T22:56:15","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T17:26:15","slug":"fr-k-j-mathew-vs-state-of-kerala-others-on-3-october-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/fr-k-j-mathew-vs-state-of-kerala-others-on-3-october-2008","title":{"rendered":"Fr.K.J.Mathew vs State Of Kerala &amp; Others on 3 October, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Fr.K.J.Mathew vs State Of Kerala &amp; Others on 3 October, 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. 29164 of 2008(V)\n\n\n\n1. FR.K.J.MATHEW\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA &amp; OTHERS\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.V.M.KURIAN\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice ANTONY DOMINIC\n\n Dated :03\/10\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                          ANTONY DOMINIC, J.\n\n                    = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =\n                     W.P.(C) No. 29164 OF 2008 (V)\n                    = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =\n\n\n                Dated this the 3rd day of October 2008\n\n\n                             J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p id=\"p_1\">      Petitioner was an H.S.A.(Social Studies).         According to the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner, initially he was appointed in St. Joseph&#8217;s Boys Higher<\/p>\n<p>Secondary School, Kozhikode in a leave vacancy and thereafter he was<\/p>\n<p>appointed on a regular basis. It is stated that in 1991 he was transferred<\/p>\n<p>to St. Michael&#8217;s AIHS, Kannur on inter-management transfer.           While<\/p>\n<p>continuing there, he availed of leave without allowance due to sickness<\/p>\n<p>and finally resigned from service on 1.1.1997.           According to the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner, he recovered from the illness and thereafter was re-appointed<\/p>\n<p>as H.S.A., in Dy. Joseph&#8217;s Boys Higher Secondary School, Kozhikode in a<\/p>\n<p>regular vacancy, on 24.8.1998. However, that was not approved by the<\/p>\n<p>4th respondent on the ground that he had crossed the age limit.<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1\">      2.    Against this order of the 4th respondent, appeals and revisions<\/p>\n<p>were filed before respondents 1 to 3 and all these were rejected. The<\/p>\n<p>records show that the revisional order of the Government was issued on<\/p>\n<p>14.1.2004.    Despite this, claiming that age bar is not applicable in cases<\/p>\n<p>of re-appointment ,relying on Ext. P5 circular issued by the 2nd respondent,<\/p>\n<p>W.P.(C) No. 29164 OF 2008<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_2\">                                      &#8211; 2 &#8211;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_3\">petitioner again approached the Government. That was rejected by Ext.<\/p>\n<p>P4. It is challenging Ext. P4, this writ petition is filed.<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_4\">      3.     A reading of Ext. P4 shows that the Government have given<\/p>\n<p>good reasons in support of its order of rejection.        The following portion<\/p>\n<p>of Ext. P4 needs to be reproduced and I do so:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote id=\"blockquote_1\"><p>             &#8220;Rule 54(1) of Chapter XIV A KER says that pre-<br \/>\n      resignation serviceThis not be taken into account for any<br \/>\n                              will<br \/>\n      service benefits.           rule does not give any right to any<br \/>\n      educational authority to approve the appointment of a teacher<br \/>\n      who exceeds age limit. So the approval of re-appointment of<br \/>\n      Fr. K.J. Mathew cannot be considered as hethat<br \/>\n      upper age limit.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote id=\"blockquote_1\"><p>      effective cannot beBesides<br \/>\n                               undoneaorresignation Formal orders at<br \/>\n                                                           hashas<br \/>\n                                                              crossed the<br \/>\n                                                                  become<br \/>\n                                           ignored.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote id=\"blockquote_2\"><p>      appropriate levelresignation obtainedhas<br \/>\n                           should be                before a request for<br \/>\n      withdrawal<br \/>\n      effective\/accepted. Even thewhich<br \/>\n                     of<br \/>\n      resignation would amount to re-employing thewithdrawal in<br \/>\n                                           request foralready     become<br \/>\n                                                                        of<br \/>\n                                                             incumbent<br \/>\n      service after condoning the period of break. Hence without<br \/>\n      withdrawing the resignation already accepted, the question of<br \/>\n      regularization of the period of break does not arise. In the<br \/>\n      instant case the teacher resigned from the post of H.S.A. in<br \/>\n      one school, but got fresh appointment in another school under<br \/>\n      a different educational agency. So also withdrawal of<br \/>\n      resignation and re-appointment in the same school is not<br \/>\n      possible and reckoning of pre resignation for service benefits<br \/>\n      is also not possible. There are 3 specific relaxations involved<br \/>\n      here. The first is that a person who had resigned from service<br \/>\n      13 years ago be considered to have proceeded on LWA only, in<br \/>\n      order that his previous service is counted for purposes of<br \/>\n      pension.      The second is that the period of absence from<br \/>\n      service after resignation, amounting to around 3 year, may be<br \/>\n      treated as LWA. The 3rd is that for a fresh appointment in<br \/>\n      another school, the upper age limit may be relaxed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"p_5\">\n<p id=\"p_6\">             It is true that a combination of these 3 relaxations in one<br \/>\n      case will be the rarest of rare cases. But if agreed to, we will<\/p>\n<p>W.P.(C) No. 29164 OF 2008<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_7\">                                   &#8211; 3 &#8211;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_8\">      be setting a precedent for each of the cases. Thus for eg.g.<br \/>\n      large number of persons who have resigned in the past could<br \/>\n      come forward and claim that their resignation may be<br \/>\n      cancelled and the period of absence from duty may be treated<br \/>\n      as L.W.A. If upper age limit is relaxed in one case, there could<br \/>\n      be large number of other cases where similar requests will<br \/>\n      come up.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_9\">Counsel for the petitioner submits that Chapter XIV A, Rule 51 does not<\/p>\n<p>disentitle for approval of his service as the rule does not state that for<\/p>\n<p>reappointment age bar will apply.         It is also stated that in similar<\/p>\n<p>circumstances, by Exts. P6, P7 and P8 orders relief has been granted by<\/p>\n<p>the Government itself.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_10\">      4.     I have considered the submissions. First of all, from the facts<\/p>\n<p>noted above, it can be seen that the revision was filed by the petitioner<\/p>\n<p>against the order declining approval for the re-appointment of the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner, was passed by the Government by order dated 14.1.2004 and<\/p>\n<p>has become final. That order has not been challenged. It is thereafter<\/p>\n<p>that the issue is sought to be reopened by filing a representation which<\/p>\n<p>led to Ext. P4 order. In my view, once the dispute has attained finality by<\/p>\n<p>the order dated 14.1.2004 it was not permissible for the petitioner to<\/p>\n<p>have sought to reopen the issue and on that ground itself, his claim<\/p>\n<p>ought to have been rejected.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_11\">      5.     Even otherwise, Rule 54(1) of Chapter XIV A, KER, provides<\/p>\n<p>that on reappointment an employee will start as a fresh hand.          This<\/p>\n<p>W.P.(C) No. 29164 OF 2008<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_12\">                                    &#8211; 4 &#8211;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_13\">necessarily means that everything following his first appointment stands<\/p>\n<p>forfeited. If that be so, on that ground also the petitioner is not entitled<\/p>\n<p>to the reliefs sought for.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_14\">      6.     In addition to all this, a reading of Ext. P4 shows that the<\/p>\n<p>Government have given good reasons for rejecting the petitioner&#8217;s claim.<\/p>\n<p>Ext. P4 also shows that the Government is not disowning Exts. P6, P7 and<\/p>\n<p>P8. Even if it is so, in my view so long as the petitioner cannot claim any<\/p>\n<p>entitlement based on any rule as such, petitioner cannot derive any<\/p>\n<p>advantage out of Exts. P6, P7 and P8.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_15\">      7.     For all these reasons, I am satisfied that Ext. P4 does not call<\/p>\n<p>for any interference.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_16\">      Writ petition fails and is dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_17\">\n<p id=\"p_18\">                                                        ANTONY DOMINIC<br \/>\n                                                                JUDGE<br \/>\njan\/-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Fr.K.J.Mathew vs State Of Kerala &amp; Others on 3 October, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 29164 of 2008(V) 1. FR.K.J.MATHEW &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. STATE OF KERALA &amp; OTHERS &#8230; Respondent For Petitioner :SRI.V.M.KURIAN For Respondent : No Appearance The Hon&#8217;ble MR. 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