{"id":50243,"date":"2008-06-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-19T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/chellappan-k-vs-union-of-india-on-20-june-2008"},"modified":"2017-09-17T18:01:23","modified_gmt":"2017-09-17T12:31:23","slug":"chellappan-k-vs-union-of-india-on-20-june-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/chellappan-k-vs-union-of-india-on-20-june-2008","title":{"rendered":"Chellappan K. vs Union Of India on 20 June, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Chellappan K. vs Union Of India on 20 June, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 26270 of 2006(B)\n\n\n1. CHELLAPPAN K., AGED 79,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY\n\n3. DISTRICT COLLECTOR,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.GEORGE MATHEW\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.A.SUDHI VASUDEVAN, ADDL.CGSC\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice KURIAN JOSEPH\n\n Dated :20\/06\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                         KURIAN JOSEPH, J.\n               ---------------------------------------\n                  W.P.(C) No. 26270 OF 2006\n               ---------------------------------------\n             Dated this the 20th day of June, 2008.\n\n\n                           J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>      Prayer is for grant of Swathanthratha Sainik Samman<\/p>\n<p>pension. Unless the State Government recommends the same,<\/p>\n<p>nothing can be done by the first respondent.         Petitioner may<\/p>\n<p>produce a copy of this judgment along with copy of the writ<\/p>\n<p>petition before the second respondent, in which case, appropriate<\/p>\n<p>action in this regard shall be taken by the said respondent within<\/p>\n<p>another two months and depending on the action thus taken by<\/p>\n<p>the State Government, the needful shall be done by the first<\/p>\n<p>respondent within another one month.<\/p>\n<p>      This writ petition is disposed of as above.<\/p>\n<p>                                        KURIAN JOSEPH, JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n<p>smp<\/p>\n<p>  KURIAN JOSEPH, J.\n<\/p>\n<p>W.P.(C) No. 26270 OF 2006<\/p>\n<p>     J U D G M E N T<\/p>\n<p>       20.06.2008<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Chellappan K. vs Union Of India on 20 June, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 26270 of 2006(B) 1. CHELLAPPAN K., AGED 79, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY &#8230; Respondent 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY 3. 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