{"id":34642,"date":"2008-11-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-13T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dr-sobha-sundareswaran-vs-state-of-kerala-represented-by-the-on-14-november-2008"},"modified":"2017-07-10T09:46:39","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T04:16:39","slug":"dr-sobha-sundareswaran-vs-state-of-kerala-represented-by-the-on-14-november-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dr-sobha-sundareswaran-vs-state-of-kerala-represented-by-the-on-14-november-2008","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Sobha Sundareswaran vs State Of Kerala Represented By The on 14 November, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
Dr. Sobha Sundareswaran vs State Of Kerala Represented By The on 14 November, 2008<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nOP.No. 12603 of 2003(A)\n\n\n1. DR. SOBHA SUNDARESWARAN, ASSOCIATE\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL EDUCATION,\n\n3. THE PRINCIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE, CALICUT.\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.M.P.SREEKRISHNAN\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice S.SIRI JAGAN\n\n Dated :14\/11\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                       S.SIRI JAGAN, J\n                ==================\n                  O.P. No.12603 of 2003\n                ==================\n       Dated this the 14th day of November, 2008.\n\n                       J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n
     The petitioner started service as a Tutor in Dental College<\/p>\n
in the Medical Education Service on 2.6.1984.               The<\/p>\n
Government issued Ext.P2 order, which has modified by Ext.P3<\/p>\n
order, whereby teachers of Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical<\/p>\n
Science Colleges were given benefit of Time Bound Grade<\/p>\n
Promotions. By Ext.P4 order dated 1.2.1999, the petitioner was<\/p>\n
given Time Bound Cadre Promotion as Assistant Professor with<\/p>\n
effect from 21.8.1990 with monetory benefits from 1.4.1995.<\/p>\n
Later on by Ext.P5 order dated 11.10.1999 the petitioner was<\/p>\n
given the next Time Bound Cadre Promotion as Associate<\/p>\n
Professor with effect from 29.10.1998. Further by Ext.P6 order<\/p>\n
dated 6.11.1999 the petitioner was promoted as Assistant<\/p>\n
Professor on regular basis. However, by Ext.P7 order, Ext.P5<\/p>\n
order granting Time Bound Cadre Promotion as Associate<\/p>\n
Professor with effect from 29.10.1998 was canceled on the<\/p>\n
ground that the petitioner did not have five years of physical<\/p>\n
teaching experience which is an eligibility condition for Time<\/p>\n
Bound Cadre Promotion as Associate Professor as per Ext.P3<\/p>\n
O.P. No.12603 of 2003          – 2 –<\/span><\/p>\n
Government Order. The petitioner filed the original petition<\/p>\n
challenging Ext.P7. Subsequently by an interim order in I.A.<\/p>\n
13716\/2003 this Court directed the petitioner to file a<\/p>\n
representation in this regard, with a further direction to the<\/p>\n
Government       to  consider  that  representation   and   pass<\/p>\n
appropriate     orders  thereon    by  order   dated  18.3.2004.<\/p>\n
Consequent upon that order, the petitioner filed Ext.P9<\/p>\n
representation and Ext.P10 order dated 19.1.2005 was passed<\/p>\n
by the Government again confirming Ext.P7 order. The<\/p>\n
petitioner therefore amended the original petition including a<\/p>\n
challenge against Ext.P10 order also.           The petitioner’s<\/p>\n
contention is that in Ext.P3, Government have stipulated that<\/p>\n
from 1.4.1990 onwards all promotions would be Time Bound<\/p>\n
Cadre Promotions and when the incumbent is given further<\/p>\n
cadre promotions or he\/she ceases to hold the post, the same<\/p>\n
would be downgraded, subject to the condition that the total<\/p>\n
staff strength of the department remains the same. That being<\/p>\n
so, according to the petitioner, as per clause 2(2) of Ext.P3 for<\/p>\n
becoming eligible for Time Bound Cadre Promotion as<\/p>\n
Associate Professor what is required is only eight years<\/p>\n
physical teaching experience as Assistant Professor or 14 years<\/p>\n
of total service as lecturer and Assistant Professor put together<\/p>\n
O.P. No.12603 of 2003           – 3 –<\/span><\/p>\n
out of which 5 years of service shall be as Assistant Professor.<\/p>\n
According to the petitioner by virtue of Ext.P4 the petitioner<\/p>\n
had service as lecturer with effect from 2.6.1984 and as<\/p>\n
Assistant Professor with effect from 21.8.1990. Therefore as<\/p>\n
on 29.10.1998 the petitioner had 22 years of service as lecturer<\/p>\n
and assistant professor put together and 8 years of service as<\/p>\n
Assistant Professor which would satisfy eligibility conditions<\/p>\n
for Time Bound Cadre Promotion as Associate Professor with<\/p>\n
effect from 29.10.1998.      That being so, according to the<\/p>\n
petitioner Ext.P5 order granting Time Bound Cadre Promotion<\/p>\n
to the petitioner with effect from 29.10.1998 is perfectly in<\/p>\n
accordance with Ext.P3 Government order which governs the<\/p>\n
eligibility conditions for Time Bound Cadre Promotion as<\/p>\n
Associate Professor.    Therefore, the petitioner submits that<\/p>\n
Exta.P7 and P10 orders canceling Ext.P5 are unsustainable.<\/p>\n
     2. A counter affidavit has been filed by the 1st respondent.<\/p>\n
Their case is that in order to become eligible for Time Bound<\/p>\n
Cadre Promotion as Associate Professor an Assistant Professor,<\/p>\n
should put in minimum 5 years of physical teaching experience<\/p>\n
in addition to total service of 14 years as lecturer and Associate<\/p>\n
Professor put together. The petitioner does not possess 5 years<\/p>\n
of physical teaching experience as Assistant Professor, as on<\/p>\n
O.P. No.12603 of 2003            – 4 –<\/span><\/p>\n
29.10.1998 she having been promoted as Assistant Professor<\/p>\n
only on 6.11.1999 and joined duty on 9.11.1999.              The 1st<\/p>\n
respondent therefore supports Exts.P7 and P10 orders.<\/p>\n
     3. I have considered the rival contentions in detail.<\/p>\n
     4. Paragraph 4 of Ext.P3 reads thus:\n<\/p>\n
           “From    1.4.1990, all    promotion  will  be   cadre
\n      promotions.   In the case of those who do not have any
\n      promotion posts the posts will be upgraded for the purpose
\n      and will be downgraded as and when the existing
\n      incumbents vacate the post, subject to the condition that
\n      the total staff strength in the Department remains the
\n      same.”\n<\/p>\n
By virtue of the above said provision vacancy based promotions<\/p>\n
have been dispensed with, substituting the same with cadre<\/p>\n
promotion. Once a lecturer become eligible for Time Bound<\/p>\n
Cadre Promotion as Assistant Professor, the post held by that<\/p>\n
lecturer itself would be upgraded as post of Assistant Professor<\/p>\n
and as and when he\/she either leaves service or gets further<\/p>\n
promoted that post would again be downgraded as lecturer. In<\/p>\n
the same way when an Assistant Professor becomes eligible for<\/p>\n
Time Bound Cadre Promotion as Associate Professor, the post<\/p>\n
of Assistant Professor held by that person itself would be<\/p>\n
upgraded as post of Associate Professor and as and when that<\/p>\n
Associate Professor leaves service or gets further promoted,<\/p>\n
that post would again downgraded, so that the total staff<\/p>\n
strength of the department remains the same. Consequently<\/p>\n
O.P. No.12603 of 2003             – 5 –<\/span><\/p>\n
there would not be any need for promotions based on<\/p>\n
vacancies.\n<\/p>\n
     5.    Originally the Time Bound Cadre Promotions were<\/p>\n
governed by Ext.P2.        The provision for Time Bound Cadre<\/p>\n
Promotion as Associate Professor is contained in clause 1(b) of<\/p>\n
Ext.P2 which reads thus:\n<\/p>\n
            “1. (b)  Asst.  Professors with 8 years of teaching
\n     experience (Physical) and those who have put in 14 years of
\n     total service as Lecturer and Asst. Professor, put together,
\n     will be promoted as Associate Professor in the scale of pay
\n     of Rs. 3700-5700\/-”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
However, by Ext.P3, Ext.P2 order was modified to read the<\/p>\n
provision for Time Bound Cadre Promotion as Assistant<\/p>\n
Professor thus in clause 2(2) of Ext.P3:\n<\/p>\n
           “The Assistant Professors with 8 years of teaching
\n     experience (Physical) or those who have put in 14 years of
\n     total service as Lecturers and Asst. Professor put together,
\n     out of which 5 years of service shall be that of Assistant
\n     Professor will be promoted as Associate Professor in the
\n     scale of pay of Rs. 3700-5700 provided the total strength of
\n     all categories in each Department remains the same.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
     6. Obviously the word “AND” used clause 1(b) of Ext.P2<\/p>\n
was a mistake. That was corrected by clause 2(2) of Ext.P3<\/p>\n
making it “OR”.        Therefore the eligibility requirements for<\/p>\n
Time Bound Cadre Promotion as Associate Professor was either<\/p>\n
8 years of teaching experience (Physical) as Assistant Professor<\/p>\n
or 14 years of total service as lecturer and Assistant Professor<\/p>\n
put together out of which 5 years of service shall be that of<\/p>\n
O.P. No.12603 of 2003         – 6 –<\/span><\/p>\n
Assistant Professor. It is important to note that the language<\/p>\n
used in the 1st limb of clause 2(2) and the 2nd limb thereof in<\/p>\n
Ext.P3 are distinct and separate. In the 1st limb the words used<\/p>\n
are “teaching experience (Physical)” whereas in the 2nd limb<\/p>\n
the word used is “service”. That would lead to the irresistible<\/p>\n
conclusion that while issuing Ext.P3, the Government wanted<\/p>\n
to distinguish between teaching experience (Physical) and<\/p>\n
service. In this case, although the petitioner did not have 5<\/p>\n
years physical teaching experience as Assistant Professor as on<\/p>\n
29.10.1998, the petitioner did have total 22 years of service as<\/p>\n
lecturer and Assistant Professor put together, out of which 8<\/p>\n
years of service were as Assistant Professor.      Therefore the<\/p>\n
reasoning in Exts.P7 and P10 that for becoming eligible for<\/p>\n
Time Bound Cadre Promotion as Associate Professor the<\/p>\n
incumbents should have 5 years of Physical teaching<\/p>\n
experience as Assistant Professor is clearly not warranted by<\/p>\n
Ext.P3 which governs the issue. When by Ext.P3 all promotions<\/p>\n
were made cadre promotions vacancy based promotions have<\/p>\n
no relevance. This is abundantly clear from the provisions in<\/p>\n
Clause 4 of Ext.P3. As such Ext.P6 cannot be pressed into<\/p>\n
service to hold that the petitioner became an Assistant<\/p>\n
Professor only on 9.11.1999. Therefore I am of opinion that<\/p>\n
O.P. No.12603 of 2003          – 7 –<\/span><\/p>\n
Ext.P5 promotion of the petitioner as is perfectly in accordance<\/p>\n
with Ext.P3.     Hence Exts.P7 and P10 cancelling Ext.P5 are<\/p>\n
unsustainable. Accordingly, Exts.P7 and P10 are quashed and<\/p>\n
Ext.P5 restored with consequential reliefs to the petitioner.<\/p>\n
     The original petition is allowed as above.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                                       S.SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE<\/p>\n
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