{"id":29145,"date":"2008-07-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-06T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-superintendent-of-post-vs-p-m-padmanabhan-on-7-july-2008"},"modified":"2016-04-24T13:23:42","modified_gmt":"2016-04-24T07:53:42","slug":"the-superintendent-of-post-vs-p-m-padmanabhan-on-7-july-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-superintendent-of-post-vs-p-m-padmanabhan-on-7-july-2008","title":{"rendered":"The Superintendent Of Post &#8230; vs P.M. Padmanabhan on 7 July, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">The Superintendent Of Post &#8230; vs P.M. Padmanabhan on 7 July, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 19182 of 2008(S)\n\n\n1. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POST OFFICES,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n2. POSTMASTER GENERAL,\n3. CHIEF POSTMASTER GENERAL,\n4. DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POSTS,\n5. UNION OF INDIA, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY,\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. P.M. PADMANABHAN,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.P.PARAMESWARAN NAIR,ASST.SOLICITOR\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR\nThe Hon'ble MRS. Justice M.C.HARI RANI\n\n Dated :07\/07\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n           K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR &amp; M.C.HARI RANI JJ.\n        -----------------------------------------------------\n                        W.P.(C)No.19182 OF 2008\n           -----------------------------------------------------\n           DATED THIS THE 7th DAY OF JULY, 2008\n\n                            J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>Balakrishnan Nair, J.\n<\/p>\n<p>      The petitioners who are the respondents in O.A.No.704\/06<\/p>\n<p>challenge Exhibit P3 order in that O.A. and also Exhibit P5 order in<\/p>\n<p>Review Application No.32\/07 filed in that O.A. But, we notice that the<\/p>\n<p>point raised by the writ petitioners is covered against them by the<\/p>\n<p>decision of the CAT in O.A.No.277\/04 which was upheld by this Court<\/p>\n<p>in Exhibit P7 judgment in W.P.(C)No. 3618\/06 and connected case.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, we feel that it is unnecessary to refer to the detailed facts<\/p>\n<p>of this case.\n<\/p>\n<p>      Accordingly, this Writ Petition is dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>                             K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR,JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                   M.C.HARI RANI, JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n<p>dsn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court The Superintendent Of Post &#8230; vs P.M. Padmanabhan on 7 July, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 19182 of 2008(S) 1. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POST OFFICES, &#8230; Petitioner 2. POSTMASTER GENERAL, 3. CHIEF POSTMASTER GENERAL, 4. DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POSTS, 5. UNION OF INDIA, REP. 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