{"id":34068,"date":"2009-08-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-25T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/union-of-india-vs-p-k-gopalakrishnan-on-26-august-2009"},"modified":"2018-11-10T12:11:37","modified_gmt":"2018-11-10T06:41:37","slug":"union-of-india-vs-p-k-gopalakrishnan-on-26-august-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/union-of-india-vs-p-k-gopalakrishnan-on-26-august-2009","title":{"rendered":"Union Of India vs P.K. Gopalakrishnan on 26 August, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Union Of India vs P.K. Gopalakrishnan on 26 August, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 15627 of 2006(Y)\n\n\n1. UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY\n                      ...  Petitioner\n2. DIVISIONAL RAILWAY MANAGER,\n3. DIVISIONAL PERSONNEL OFFICER,\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. P.K. GOPALAKRISHNAN,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.M.C.CHERIAN,SR.SC.,RAILWAYS\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.K.A.ABRAHAM\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice KURIAN JOSEPH\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice C.T.RAVIKUMAR\n\n Dated :26\/08\/2009\n\n O R D E R\n             KURIAN JOSEPH &amp; C.T. RAVIKUMAR, JJ.\n                   ---------------------------------------------\n                       W.P.(C) NO. 15627 OF 2006\n                   ---------------------------------------------\n                  Dated this the 26th day of August, 2009\n\n\n                                 JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>Kurian Joseph, J.\n<\/p>\n<p>      This Writ Petition is filed by the respondents in O.A. No.626 of<\/p>\n<p>2004 of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Ernakulam Bench.        The<\/p>\n<p>issue pertains to the counting of casual labour service, after acquiring<\/p>\n<p>temporary status as qualifying service, for computation of pensionary<\/p>\n<p>benefits. The issue is covered against the appellants by the common<\/p>\n<p>judgment dated 24.7.2009 in W.P.(C) No. 11027 of 2006 and connected<\/p>\n<p>matters. It is also noted in the said judgment that the order in O.A. No.<\/p>\n<p>689 of 2002 of the Central Administrative Tribunal had become final.\n<\/p>\n<p>      Therefore, this Writ Petition is dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                        (KURIAN JOSEPH)<br \/>\n                                                  JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>                                        (C.T. RAVIKUMAR)<br \/>\n                                                  JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>sp\/<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>   KURIAN JOSEPH<br \/>\n             &amp;<br \/>\n   C.T. RAVIKUMAR, JJ.\n<\/p>\n<p>   W.P.(C)NO.15627\/2006<\/p>\n<p>   JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p>   26th August, 2009<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Union Of India vs P.K. Gopalakrishnan on 26 August, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 15627 of 2006(Y) 1. UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY &#8230; Petitioner 2. DIVISIONAL RAILWAY MANAGER, 3. DIVISIONAL PERSONNEL OFFICER, Vs 1. P.K. GOPALAKRISHNAN, &#8230; Respondent For Petitioner :SRI.M.C.CHERIAN,SR.SC.,RAILWAYS For Respondent :SRI.K.A.ABRAHAM The Hon&#8217;ble [&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-34068","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>Union Of India vs P.K. 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