{"id":49906,"date":"2009-08-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-26T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/a-sivan-vs-state-of-kerala-represented-by-on-27-august-2009"},"modified":"2014-12-13T03:33:32","modified_gmt":"2014-12-12T22:03:32","slug":"a-sivan-vs-state-of-kerala-represented-by-on-27-august-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/a-sivan-vs-state-of-kerala-represented-by-on-27-august-2009","title":{"rendered":"A.Sivan vs State Of Kerala Represented By on 27 August, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
A.Sivan vs State Of Kerala Represented By on 27 August, 2009<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 24804 of 2007(C)\n\n\n1. A.SIVAN, DRAWING TEACHER,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTIONS,\n\n3. DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER,\n\n4. K.V.BINDRA KUMARI, MUSIC TEACHER,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.GEORGE ABRAHAM\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.N.RAGHURAJ\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice V.K.MOHANAN\n\n Dated :27\/08\/2009\n\n O R D E R\n                 V.K.MOHANAN, J.\n      -----------------------------------------------\n    W.P(C).Nos.24804\/2007 & 1199\/2006\n      -----------------------------------------------\n      Dated this the 27th day of August, 2009\n\n                  J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n
           The fate of W.P(C) No.1199 of 2006<\/p>\n
depends upon the outcome in W.P.(C) No.24804<\/p>\n
of 2007, and therefore, the above two writ<\/p>\n
petitions are interconnected. Hence, these two<\/p>\n
writ petitions are heard together and being<\/p>\n
disposed of by this common order.\n<\/p>\n
     2.    The petitioner in W.P(C) No.24804 of<\/p>\n
2007 is originally appointed as a Drawing<\/p>\n
Teacher in the U.P.Section of the High School,<\/p>\n
Mundur on 28.8.1978.         In the said school, there<\/p>\n
were two posts of Specialist Teachers. Out of<\/p>\n
two, one was abolished as a result of fixation of<\/p>\n
strength of Teachers during the year 1998 and<\/p>\n
hence, the petitioner was shifted from the<\/p>\n
U.P.Section to the High School Section in a<\/p>\n
vacancy which arose due to the retirement of one<\/p>\n
WP(C) Nos.24804 of 2007&1199 of 2006<\/p>\n
                        :-2-:\n<\/p>\n
Balachandran who was holding the post of Specialist<\/p>\n
Teacher.    Thus, from 31.3.1998 onwards, the<\/p>\n
petitioner was working in the High School Section<\/p>\n
as Drawing Teacher till his retirement.   Out of the<\/p>\n
two posts of Specialist Teachers, the remaining one<\/p>\n
was occupied by one C.Murali,        who retired on<\/p>\n
31.7.2001 and to that post, the petitioner in W.P(C)<\/p>\n
No.1199 of 2006 was appointed with effect from<\/p>\n
1.8.2001. His appointment was also approved by<\/p>\n
the Department.\n<\/p>\n
     3.   That being the position, after five years,<\/p>\n
the   District  Educational     Officer,  the  third<\/p>\n
respondent issued Ext.P1 order (in W.P(C) No.24804<\/p>\n
of 2007) on 7.5.2003, which was eventually<\/p>\n
challenged by the petitioner before this Court by<\/p>\n
filing W.P(C) No.35916 of 2005 and this Court<\/p>\n
passed Ext.P4 judgment directing the Government<\/p>\n
to reconsider the matter and to take a fresh decision<\/p>\n
WP(C) Nos.24804 of 2007&1199 of 2006<\/p>\n
                         :-3-:\n<\/p>\n
after hearing the petitioner and other affected<\/p>\n
parties. Thus, the Government passed Ext.P6 order,<\/p>\n
declining the request of the petitioner to permit him<\/p>\n
to continue as Drawing Teacher in the High School<\/p>\n
Section. It is the above Ext.P6 order, challenged in<\/p>\n
W.P(C) No.24804 of 2007.\n<\/p>\n
     4.   The prayer in W.P(C) No.1199 of 2006 is<\/p>\n
to quash Exts.P2,P3 and P5 orders by issuing a writ<\/p>\n
of certiorari. The second prayer in the writ petition<\/p>\n
is to issue a writ of mandamus or other appropriate<\/p>\n
writ, order or direction commanding respondents 1<\/p>\n
to 3 to retain the petitioner as Physical Education<\/p>\n
Teacher in the school of the 4th respondent and to<\/p>\n
approve his appointment during the year 2002-03<\/p>\n
and subsequent years.    The petitioner in the above<\/p>\n
writ petition approached this Court when the third<\/p>\n
respondent passed an order shifting the fifth<\/p>\n
respondent, who is the petitioner in the other writ<\/p>\n
WP(C) Nos.24804 of 2007&1199 of 2006<\/p>\n
                         :-4-:\n<\/p>\n
petition, to the U.P.Section and retrenching the<\/p>\n
petitioner herein so as to accommodate the other<\/p>\n
petitioner holding that there would be one Specialist<\/p>\n
post in the Upper Primary Section. Ext.P3 is the<\/p>\n
said order.   Against Ext.P2 order, the petitioner<\/p>\n
herein preferred revision petition before the<\/p>\n
Government and the same was disposed of by the<\/p>\n
Government in the light of the direction issued by<\/p>\n
this Court as per the judgment in W.P(C) No.16146<\/p>\n
of 2003. As the order was against the petitioner, he<\/p>\n
again challenged the said order by filing W.P.(C)<\/p>\n
No.6949 of 2004 before this court and this Court, by<\/p>\n
order dated 13.7.2005 in the above writ petition,<\/p>\n
quashed the revisional order passed by the<\/p>\n
Government and directed the Government to re-<\/p>\n
examine the matter afresh. Ext.P4 is the judgment<\/p>\n
of this Court in the writ petition on the basis of<\/p>\n
which the Government passed Ext.P5 order.         In<\/p>\n
WP(C) Nos.24804 of 2007&1199 of 2006<\/p>\n
                          :-5-:\n<\/p>\n
Ext.P5 order, the Government reiterated its earlier<\/p>\n
stand and thus, aggrieved by Ext.P5 order, the<\/p>\n
petitioner preferred the present writ petition.<\/p>\n
     5.   In both the writ petitions, the State has<\/p>\n
filed separate counter affidavits.      The specific<\/p>\n
contention of the Department is to the effect that<\/p>\n
the shifting of the petitioner in W.P(C) No.24804 of<\/p>\n
2007 to the High School Section was illegal and<\/p>\n
arbitrary and therefore, he is to be reposted in the<\/p>\n
U.P.Section for which the petitioner in the other<\/p>\n
writ petition (1199\/2006) had to be retrenched.<\/p>\n
According to the Government, the petitioner in W.P<\/p>\n
(C) No.24804 of 2007 was not eligible to be<\/p>\n
transferred and appointed in any post in the High<\/p>\n
School    Section   as   he    was  not  having the<\/p>\n
S.S.L.C.qualification, which is one among the<\/p>\n
requisite qualifications.\n<\/p>\n
     6.   I   have     heard    Sri.P.K.Sureshkumar,<\/p>\n
WP(C) Nos.24804 of 2007&1199 of 2006<\/p>\n
                         :-6-:\n<\/p>\n
learned counsel appearing for the petitioner in W.P.<\/p>\n
(C) No.1199 of 2006 and also Sri.George Abraham,<\/p>\n
learned counsel appearing for the petitioner in W.P.<\/p>\n
(C) No.24804 of 2007 and the learned Government<\/p>\n
Pleaders.\n<\/p>\n
     7.   Counsel for the petitioners emphatically<\/p>\n
submits that by virtue of sub-rule(2) and (3) of Rule<\/p>\n
1 of Chapter XXXI of the Kerala Education Rules<\/p>\n
(for short ‘the K.E.R.’), the petitioner in W.P.(C)<\/p>\n
No.24804 of 2007 was fully qualified for transfer to<\/p>\n
the post occurred in the High School Section of the<\/p>\n
school and therefore, the contention of the<\/p>\n
departmental authorities and the Government is<\/p>\n
liable to be rejected. In support of the contention,<\/p>\n
counsel for the petitioners very much relied upon<\/p>\n
the decisions of this Court reported in Rani George<\/p>\n
v. Deputy Director of Education<\/a> (2004(1) KLT<\/p>\n
460) and Satheeshkumar v. State of Kerala<\/a> (2009<\/p>\n
WP(C) Nos.24804 of 2007&1199 of 2006<\/p>\n
                         :-7-:\n<\/p>\n
(3) KLT 439).\n<\/p>\n
     8.    On the other hand, the Government<\/p>\n
Pleaders contended that the exemption granted in<\/p>\n
sub-rule (3) to Rule 1 of Chapter XXXI of the K.E.R.,<\/p>\n
is not applicable in the case of the petitioner in W.P<\/p>\n
(C) No.24804 of 2007.        Thus, according to the<\/p>\n
Government Pleaders, the appointment of the<\/p>\n
petitioner in W.P(C) No.1199 of 2006 cannot be<\/p>\n
approved because the post in which he was<\/p>\n
appointed had to be accommodated by the<\/p>\n
petitioner in W.P(C)No.24804 of 2007 after shifting<\/p>\n
him from the High School Section.\n<\/p>\n
     9.   I have carefully considered the arguments<\/p>\n
advanced by the counsel appearing for the<\/p>\n
petitioners as well as the learned Government<\/p>\n
Pleaders and I have perused the materials on<\/p>\n
record.\n<\/p>\n
     10. At the outset, it is to be noted that the<\/p>\n
WP(C) Nos.24804 of 2007&1199 of 2006<\/p>\n
                         :-8-:\n<\/p>\n
petitioner in W.P.(C) No.24804 of 2007 has already<\/p>\n
retired from service on 31.3.2008 while he was<\/p>\n
working in the High School Section as a Drawing<\/p>\n
Teacher. Though the said petitioner was shifted and<\/p>\n
appointed to the High School Section and working<\/p>\n
there with effect from 31.3.1998, the objection was<\/p>\n
raised by the Department only after five years of his<\/p>\n
working in the High School Section. Ext.P6 order<\/p>\n
(in W.P.(C) No.24804 of 2007) is dated 25.7.2007<\/p>\n
and after six months from the date of Ext.P6, he<\/p>\n
retired from the service. Thus, it can be seen that<\/p>\n
he was working as Specialist Teacher in the High<\/p>\n
School Section right from 31.3.1998 and he was<\/p>\n
doing his job, without any other complaint for which<\/p>\n
he had already received the salary etc. It is also the<\/p>\n
fact that the petitioner in W.P(C) No.1199 of 2006<\/p>\n
was appointed in the post of Physical Education<\/p>\n
Teacher    right   on   1.8.2001    and   the    said<\/p>\n
WP(C) Nos.24804 of 2007&1199 of 2006<\/p>\n
                         :-9-:\n<\/p>\n
appointments were approved by the Department. In<\/p>\n
the meanwhile, this Court passed the interim order<\/p>\n
on 13.1.2006 on the basis of which he is continuing<\/p>\n
in service. In the interim order passed by this Court<\/p>\n
on 13.1.2006, it is made clear that the petitioner<\/p>\n
shall be allowed to continue in service on condition<\/p>\n
that the claims for service benefits including salary<\/p>\n
will depend on the final result of the writ petition.<\/p>\n
Thus, the petitioner was continuing in the post and<\/p>\n
rendering the service without receiving any salary<\/p>\n
for the last several years. As the petitioner in W.P<\/p>\n
(C) No.24804 of 2007 had already retired from<\/p>\n
service, at present, there is no question of<\/p>\n
accommodating him in the U.P.Section.<\/p>\n
     11. Chapter XXXI of the K.E.R. deals with<\/p>\n
qualifications of Private School teachers. Rule 1 of<\/p>\n
the said Chapter says that the teachers in the<\/p>\n
private schools shall have the educational and<\/p>\n
WP(C) Nos.24804 of 2007&1199 of 2006<\/p>\n
                           :-10-:\n<\/p>\n
professional    qualifications    prescribed      in that<\/p>\n
chapter.    It is further stated that the conditions<\/p>\n
regarding the age, Departmental Test qualifications,<\/p>\n
service qualifications and other service conditions<\/p>\n
shall be governed by the provisions of the Act and<\/p>\n
the Rules contained in the foregone chapters.         As<\/p>\n
per sub-rule (2) to Rule 1, for all teaching posts in<\/p>\n
Private   Primary     Schools     including     posts  of<\/p>\n
Language Teachers and Specialist Teachers, a pass<\/p>\n
in   S.S.L.C.    Examination      conducted       by  the<\/p>\n
Commissioner for Government Examination or its<\/p>\n
equivalent is fixed as the minimum general<\/p>\n
educational qualification. Sub-rule (3) to Rule 1 of<\/p>\n
Chapter XXXI of the K.E.R. is an exemption to sub-<\/p>\n
rule (2) to Rule 1. Sub-rue(3) to Rule 1 reads as<\/p>\n
follows:-\n<\/p>\n
             “(3) Qualified teachers in service in
\n       Private Schools as on 30-6-1980 and teachers
\n       who have approved qualified service in Private<\/p>\n
WP(C) Nos.24804 of 2007&1199 of 2006<\/p>\n
                            :-11-:\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
       Schools   prior   to   that   date  shall   be,
\n       permanently exempted from the requirement
\n       of  the   general    educational qualifications
\n       prescribed for all teaching posts in Private
\n       Primary Schools under sub-rule(2) above, not
\n       only in respect of posts held by them but also
\n       in respect of promotions to higher posts,
\n       provided    they    have    the  qualifications
\n       prescribed for such higher posts, but for the
\n       prescription of the revised minimum general
\n       educational qualifications.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
On a reading of sub-rule(3), it can be seen that the<\/p>\n
teachers in service in Private Schools as on<\/p>\n
30.6.1980 are exempted from the requirement of the<\/p>\n
general educational qualifications, viz., S.S.L.C. as<\/p>\n
fixed by sub-rule (2) to Rule 1.        It is further seen<\/p>\n
from sub-rule(3) that such exemption is not only in<\/p>\n
respect of the posts held by such teachers, who<\/p>\n
were in service as on 30.6.1980, but also in respect<\/p>\n
of promotions to higher posts. From the above rule,<\/p>\n
it is crystal clear that the exemption was given to<\/p>\n
the occupants who have entered in service before<\/p>\n
WP(C) Nos.24804 of 2007&1199 of 2006<\/p>\n
                         :-12-:\n<\/p>\n
30.6.1980 not only for continuing in the post held by<\/p>\n
them, but for promotion also. Therefore, I am of the<\/p>\n
view that by virtue of this exemption contained in<\/p>\n
Rule 1(3) of Chapter XXXI of the K.E.R., the<\/p>\n
petitioner in W.P.(C) No.24804 of 2007 was rightly<\/p>\n
shifted to the High School Section and his transfer<\/p>\n
and appointment to the High School Section is<\/p>\n
absolutely valid and proper. It is also relevant to<\/p>\n
note at this juncture that the scale of pay in both the<\/p>\n
sections was admittedly the same.<\/p>\n
     12.     A Division Bench of this Court in a<\/p>\n
decision reported in Rani George v. Deputy<\/p>\n
Director of Education<\/a> (2004(1) KLT 460) has held<\/p>\n
that the posts of Specialist Teachers in the<\/p>\n
Schools\/sections are interchangeable if the same are<\/p>\n
belonging to one educational agency and are having<\/p>\n
High School with Upper Primary in the same<\/p>\n
district. Admittedly, in the present case, the scale of<\/p>\n
WP(C) Nos.24804 of 2007&1199 of 2006<\/p>\n
                        :-13-:\n<\/p>\n
pay of the Drawing Teacher both in the U.P.Section<\/p>\n
and the High School Section is one and the same.<\/p>\n
Therefore, the transfer and appointment of the<\/p>\n
petitioner to the High School Section is not a<\/p>\n
promotion. It is only a shifting, especially when the<\/p>\n
posts in High School Section and the U.P.Section<\/p>\n
are interchangeable as held by the Division Bench of<\/p>\n
this Court.    It is a fact that the departmental<\/p>\n
authorities   initiated  proceedings    against  the<\/p>\n
petitioner in W.P(C) No.24804 of 2007 only after<\/p>\n
five years from the date of his occupying post in the<\/p>\n
High School Section and in the mean while, the<\/p>\n
petitioner in the other writ petition was duly<\/p>\n
appointed in the       U.P.Section as a Physical<\/p>\n
Education Teacher.      It is also a fact that the<\/p>\n
petitioner in W.P(C) No.24804 of 2007 has already<\/p>\n
retired from service on 31.3.2008.<\/p>\n
     13. Under the above factual premises and in<\/p>\n
WP(C) Nos.24804 of 2007&1199 of 2006<\/p>\n
                          :-14-:\n<\/p>\n
view of the provisions of the K.E.R. referred above<\/p>\n
and in the light of the position of law settled as per<\/p>\n
the decisions reported in Rani George v. Deputy<\/p>\n
Director of Education<\/a> (2004(1) KLT 460) and<\/p>\n
Satheeshkumar v. State of Kerala<\/a> (2009(3) KLT<\/p>\n
439), I am of the view that Ext.P6 in W.P(C)<\/p>\n
No.24804 of 2007 is liable to be set aside and the<\/p>\n
petitioner in W.P(C) No.1199 of 2006 is entitled to<\/p>\n
get the relief as sought in the writ petition.<\/p>\n
         In the result, mainly on the basis of the<\/p>\n
factual premises referred above, W.P(C)No.24804 of<\/p>\n
2007 is allowed to the extent quashing Ext.P6 order<\/p>\n
of the Government and W.P(C) No.1199 of 2006 is<\/p>\n
allowed    quashing    Exts.P2,P3     and     P5  and<\/p>\n
respondents 1 to 3 are directed to retain the<\/p>\n
petitioner as Physical Education Teacher in the<\/p>\n
school of the fourth respondent and to approve his<\/p>\n
appointment     during    the    year   2002-03   and<\/p>\n
WP(C) Nos.24804 of 2007&1199 of 2006<\/p>\n
                        :-15-:\n<\/p>\n
subsequent years and for all service purposes and<\/p>\n
are further directed to release his salary which was<\/p>\n
due to him forthwith.\n<\/p>\n
         W.P(C)Nos.24804 of 2007 and 1199 of<\/p>\n
2006 are allowed as indicated above.<\/p>\n
                                    V.K.Mohanan,
\n                                        Judge<\/p>\n
MBS\/<\/p>\n
WP(C) Nos.24804 of 2007&1199 of 2006<\/p>\n
                        :-16-:\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                                      V.K.MOHANAN,
\nJ.\n<\/p>\n
                        —————————————–\n<\/p>\n
—\n<\/p>\n
                                    O.P.NO. OF 200<\/span>\n<\/p>\n
                           ————————————–\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                        ——\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                                   J U D G M E N T<\/p>\n
WP(C) Nos.24804 of 2007&1199 of 2006<\/p>\n
                        :-17-:\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                              DATED: -6-2009<\/p>\n
WP(C) Nos.24804 of 2007&1199 of 2006<\/p>\n
                        :-18-:\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court A.Sivan vs State Of Kerala Represented By on 27 August, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 24804 of 2007(C) 1. A.SIVAN, DRAWING TEACHER, … Petitioner Vs 1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY … Respondent 2. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTIONS, 3. DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER, 4. 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