{"id":52152,"date":"2008-07-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-08T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dr-sivanandan-vs-government-of-india-represented-on-9-july-2008"},"modified":"2018-09-18T09:53:22","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T04:23:22","slug":"dr-sivanandan-vs-government-of-india-represented-on-9-july-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dr-sivanandan-vs-government-of-india-represented-on-9-july-2008","title":{"rendered":"Dr.Sivanandan vs Government Of India Represented … on 9 July, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
Dr.Sivanandan vs Government Of India Represented … on 9 July, 2008<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 35075 of 2007(A)\n\n\n1. DR.SIVANANDAN, AGED 63 YEARS,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA REPRESENTED BY THE\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. STATION COMMANDER, PANGODE, MILITARY\n\n3. DR.M.S.VARGHESE, M.D., C\/O.S.K.HOSPITAL\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.K.V.SADANANDA PRABHU\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.P.PARAMESWARAN NAIR,ASST.SOLICITOR\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice V.GIRI\n\n Dated :09\/07\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                            V. GIRI, J.\n                   -------------------------------\n                    WP(C).NO. 35075 of 2007\n                  ---------------------------------\n            Dated this the 9th      day of July, 2008.\n\n                            JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n
      The petitioner, a Major in the Army Medical Corps was<\/p>\n
invalidated out of service due to illness attributable to his<\/p>\n
military service.     He was selected to the post of Medical<\/p>\n
Specialist in the Poly Clinic run by the Station Commander at<\/p>\n
Pangode. Mode of selection to the post of Medical Specialist in<\/p>\n
the Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Service Scheme is<\/p>\n
provided in Ext.P1.     There is a reservation in favour of ex-<\/p>\n
servicemen in the case of Medical Officers.            60% of the<\/p>\n
vacancies are reserved for ex-servicemen. Clause 5 of Ext.P1<\/p>\n
states that advertisements inviting applications for employment<\/p>\n
under the ECHS for medical, dental and specialist officers and<\/p>\n
officers in charge of the Poly Clinic will be placed in the National<\/p>\n
newspapers. Applications are to be submitted by the candidates<\/p>\n
to the Station Head Quarters. The procedure for selection of<\/p>\n
candidates is provided under clause 7.        Clause 8 provides the<\/p>\n
conditions for contractual employment. Clause 8(d) deals with<\/p>\n
WPC.35075 \/2007              2<\/span><\/p>\n
the duration of employment which reads as follows :-<\/p>\n
         ” Duration of employment: The employment of<\/p>\n
         the staff will be entirely contractual in nature<\/p>\n
         and will be normally for a period of two years at<\/p>\n
         the maximum, subject to review of their<\/p>\n
         conduct and performance after eleven months.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
      2.    Ext.P2 is a communication which is issued by the<\/p>\n
Central Organisation ECHS, Adjutant General’s Branch, Army<\/p>\n
Head Quarters and it also lays down             the procedure for<\/p>\n
contractual employment of staff for ECHS          Poly Clinic. The<\/p>\n
employment of staff was entirely contractual       in nature and is<\/p>\n
likely to be for a maximum of two years subject to review of their<\/p>\n
conduct and performance after 11 months. As per clause 4 every<\/p>\n
employee should be given break from employment for atleast<\/p>\n
one day after every 11 months of service.\n<\/p>\n
      3.    The petitioner was originally engaged as Medical<\/p>\n
Specialist in the Pangode       Poly Clinic on 16.11.2004 on a<\/p>\n
contractual basis and the period of agreement was later extended<\/p>\n
as per Ext.P3.      The appointment was purely contractual and<\/p>\n
temporary in nature and the agreement was for a period of 11<\/p>\n
months from 17.10.2005.        It was open to the parties to renew<\/p>\n
WPC.35075 \/2007               3<\/span><\/p>\n
the agreement on the same terms and conditions. As per clause<\/p>\n
7 of Ext.P3 he is prevented from working in any other hospital,<\/p>\n
health service or organisation during the period of contractual<\/p>\n
employment with ECHS.\n<\/p>\n
     4. The petitioner completed his term under Ext.P3 and<\/p>\n
according to him, he sought for an extension of the term but<\/p>\n
without considering his claim for extension, the third respondent<\/p>\n
was appointed.    Apparently     the petitioner   had   complained<\/p>\n
about this before the Head Quarters but his complaint was<\/p>\n
rejected under Ext.P4.      The petitioner had again represented<\/p>\n
before the Minister for Defence. When the same was rejected,<\/p>\n
he has approached this court. The petitioner has challenged the<\/p>\n
engagement of the third respondent as such on several grounds.<\/p>\n
There is also a specific allegation that the third respondent is an<\/p>\n
employee working in a Civil Multi Speciality Hospital by name<\/p>\n
S.K.Hospital just a kilometer away from Pangode. The petitioner<\/p>\n
submits that the contract with the third respondent obviously<\/p>\n
would contain a clause similar to para 7 of Ext.P3 preventing<\/p>\n
private employment but nevertheless the third respondent has<\/p>\n
been appointed. The petitioner therefore prays for a direction to<\/p>\n
WPC.35075 \/2007               4<\/span><\/p>\n
terminate the appointment of the third respondent and also for a<\/p>\n
direction to consider his request for extension in service.<\/p>\n
      5.   A counter affidavit has been filed by the second<\/p>\n
respondent on behalf of respondent 1 and 3 as well. I only find<\/p>\n
a bald statement in the counter affidavit that            the third<\/p>\n
respondent was selected by conforming to the selection<\/p>\n
procedure as specified by the Government of India, Ministry of<\/p>\n
Defence Policy on the subject and is legally in order. There is a<\/p>\n
further statement that on expiry of the petitioner’s contractual<\/p>\n
period his services have been dispensed with.      In para 5 of the<\/p>\n
counter affidavit there is a contention that the petitioner was<\/p>\n
discharged from the Army Medical Corps due to Parkinsons’s<\/p>\n
disease with 70% disability and that the petitioner was unable to<\/p>\n
cope with the work load and also maintains poor inter personal<\/p>\n
relationship with his colleagues. The petitioner has filed a reply<\/p>\n
affidavit specifically controverting this aspect.<\/p>\n
      6. I heard learned counsel for the petitioner Sri. Sadananda<\/p>\n
Prabhu     and       the   learned    Assistant  Solicitor General<\/p>\n
Sri.P.Parameswaran Nair.      Sri. Sadananda Prabhu contends that<\/p>\n
under Exts.P1 and P2, subject to his willingness he should have<\/p>\n
WPC.35075 \/2007             5<\/span><\/p>\n
been considered for an extension of the period of contractual<\/p>\n
service.   The nature of the service to be rendered as per Ext.P1<\/p>\n
as evidenced by Ext.P3 is contractual. The period of contract is 11<\/p>\n
months.     There is a clause in Ext.P1 which says that the<\/p>\n
maximum period of contractual service is two years. But is is<\/p>\n
open to the parties to mutually agree for an extension, even after<\/p>\n
completion of the two tenures of 11 months each, with a break of<\/p>\n
one day in service.      But this enabling provision cannot be<\/p>\n
considered as conferring a right on the petitioner          to be<\/p>\n
necessarily considered for extension after completing two tenures<\/p>\n
of 11 months each.\n<\/p>\n
      7. If a person who continues in service on contractual basis<\/p>\n
has not been granted extension, then the authorities are bound<\/p>\n
to advertise the post in terms of clause 5 of Ext.P3. In such<\/p>\n
circumstances the person who was already engaged will not be<\/p>\n
disabled from being considered again.       If that be so, if the<\/p>\n
respondents were not willing for an extension of the terms under<\/p>\n
Ext.P3, the post should have been advertised with liberty to the<\/p>\n
petitioner to apply for the same like any other person who is<\/p>\n
eligible to respond to such a notification. That has not been<\/p>\n
WPC.35075 \/2007              6<\/span><\/p>\n
done in this case. To the specific assertion by the petitioner that<\/p>\n
the third respondent is appointed without any procedure followed,<\/p>\n
the bald statement in the counter affidavit that          a proper<\/p>\n
procedure has been followed does not seem to be sufficient.<\/p>\n
Another aspect      which merits mention is that the second<\/p>\n
respondent has purported to file his counter affidavit on behalf of<\/p>\n
the third respondent also.    Where the engagement of the third<\/p>\n
respondent is challenged and there are allegations of malafides<\/p>\n
and there is a specific allegation that the third respondent is not<\/p>\n
qualified to be appointed,       it was necessary for the third<\/p>\n
respondent to file a counter affidavit dealing with the said<\/p>\n
allegation. That has not been done. A specific allegation by the<\/p>\n
petitioner   in  ground    (D)  in  the   writ  petition  imputing<\/p>\n
disqualification   against   the    third   respondent     remains<\/p>\n
uncontroverted in the counter affidavit.\n<\/p>\n
      8.   There   is  yet   another    aspect   which    attributes<\/p>\n
disqualification in so far as the third respondent is concerned.<\/p>\n
Apparently the post of Medial Specialist in the ECH Poly Clinic is<\/p>\n
one reserved for ex-serviceman in accordance with the<\/p>\n
prescription under Ext.P2.   The specific case of the petitioner is<\/p>\n
WPC.35075 \/2007               7<\/span><\/p>\n
that the third respondent is a civilian and this aspect has not<\/p>\n
been controverted in the counter affidavit filed by the<\/p>\n
respondents. It is made clear that as long as the prescription<\/p>\n
with regard to the reservation of post in Ext.P1 remains in tact,<\/p>\n
then the post of Medical Specialist in ECHS shall be treated as<\/p>\n
one reserved for ex-serviceman. This aspect shall be made clear<\/p>\n
in the advertisement for the post as well.\n<\/p>\n
           For all these reasons the writ petition is allowed in<\/p>\n
part. It is declared that the engagement of the third respondent<\/p>\n
as Medical Specialist in the ECHS at Pangode is illegal.<\/p>\n
Respondents 1 and 2 are directed to take steps to terminate the<\/p>\n
appointment of the third respondent, within one month from the<\/p>\n
date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. But in the meanwhile,<\/p>\n
they shall advertise the post of Medical Specialist in ECHS Poly<\/p>\n
Clinic in Pangode in the manner provided in clause (5) of Ext.P1.<\/p>\n
Before advertising the post the first respondent shall decide<\/p>\n
whether the vacancy of Medical Specialist in Pangode is one<\/p>\n
eligible to be reserved for Ex-serviceman.   The petitioner shall<\/p>\n
be entitled to apply in response to the said notification and the<\/p>\n
petitioner shall be considered by the selection committee subject<\/p>\n
WPC.35075 \/2007                8<\/span><\/p>\n
to his eligibility in that regard.   The entire process may be<\/p>\n
completed within a period of two months six weeks from the date<\/p>\n
of receipt of a copy of this judgment.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                                          V. GIRI, JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n
Pmn\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court Dr.Sivanandan vs Government Of India Represented … on 9 July, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 35075 of 2007(A) 1. DR.SIVANANDAN, AGED 63 YEARS, … Petitioner Vs 1. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA REPRESENTED BY THE … Respondent 2. STATION COMMANDER, PANGODE, MILITARY 3. DR.M.S.VARGHESE, M.D., C\/O.S.K.HOSPITAL For Petitioner :SRI.K.V.SADANANDA […]<\/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-52152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-kerala-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nDr.Sivanandan vs Government Of India Represented ... on 9 July, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dr-sivanandan-vs-government-of-india-represented-on-9-july-2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dr.Sivanandan vs Government Of India Represented ... on 9 July, 2008 - 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