{"id":52048,"date":"2008-02-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-31T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/k-c-babu-vs-managing-director-on-1-february-2008"},"modified":"2017-01-27T11:05:37","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T05:35:37","slug":"k-c-babu-vs-managing-director-on-1-february-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/k-c-babu-vs-managing-director-on-1-february-2008","title":{"rendered":"K.C. Babu vs Managing Director on 1 February, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">K.C. Babu vs Managing Director on 1 February, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C) No. 37727 of 2004()\n\n\n1. K.C. BABU, KUTTIASSERIL HOUSE,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. MANAGING DIRECTOR, OIL PALM INDIA\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. SECRETARY, OIL PALM INDIA LTD.,\n\n3. SENIOR MANAGER, OIL PALM INDIA LTD.,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.R.KRISHNA RAJ\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.ANTONY DOMINIC\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice KURIAN JOSEPH\n\n Dated :01\/02\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                                KURIAN JOSEPH, J.\n\n                   ---------------------------------------\n\n                       W.P.(C) No. 37727 OF 2004\n\n                   ---------------------------------------\n\n              Dated this the 1st day of February, 2008.\n\n\n\n                                  J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>       This writ petition is filed with the following prayer:<\/p>\n<p>       i)     To call for the records relating to Ext. P1 to P4 and issue<\/p>\n<p>       a   writ   of   mandamus   directing   the   1st  and   2nd  respondents   to<\/p>\n<p>       rectify the anomaly in the basic pay and salary of the petitioner<\/p>\n<p>       as   compared   to   Exhibit   P2   proceedings   and   pay   the   entire<\/p>\n<p>       arrears of salary to the petitioner without any further delay.<\/p>\n<p>It is stated in the counter affidavit that the employees belong to<\/p>\n<p>two different categories and the scale of pay is also different.  In<\/p>\n<p>case the petitioner has any dispute with regard to the averments<\/p>\n<p>in the counter affidavit, he may approach the first respondent for<\/p>\n<p>appropriate   action.     Without   prejudice   to   such   liberty,   this   writ<\/p>\n<p>petition is dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                     KURIAN JOSEPH, JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nsmp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court K.C. 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