{"id":64281,"date":"2008-08-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-24T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/k-ramachandran-vs-union-of-india-on-25-august-2008"},"modified":"2015-10-16T06:56:13","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T01:26:13","slug":"k-ramachandran-vs-union-of-india-on-25-august-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/k-ramachandran-vs-union-of-india-on-25-august-2008","title":{"rendered":"K. Ramachandran vs Union Of India on 25 August, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">K. Ramachandran vs Union Of India on 25 August, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 25185 of 2008(S)\n\n\n1. K. RAMACHANDRAN, AGED 54,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL,\n\n3. THE DEUTY DIRECTOR (ADMN.),\n\n4. THE STATION DIRECTOR,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.T.C.GOVINDA SWAMY\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR\nThe Hon'ble MRS. Justice M.C.HARI RANI\n\n Dated :25\/08\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n      K. BALAKRISHNAN NAIR &amp; M.C.HARI RANI, JJ.\n                  -------------------------------------\n                  W.P.(C) No.25185 OF 2008\n                  -------------------------------------\n            Dated this the 25th day of August, 2008\n\n                         J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>                         ~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>Balakrishnan Nair, J.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>      After hearing the writ petition for some time, the learned<\/p>\n<p>counsel for the petitioner prayed the petitioner may be allowed<\/p>\n<p>to withdraw the writ petition with liberty to take up the matter<\/p>\n<p>before the superior authority pointing out the violation of the<\/p>\n<p>norms governing transfer. The prayer is granted and the writ<\/p>\n<p>petition is dismissed as withdrawn.<\/p>\n<p>                            (K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR, JUDGE)<\/p>\n<p>                                    (M.C.HARI RANI, JUDGE)<\/p>\n<p>ps<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court K. Ramachandran vs Union Of India on 25 August, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 25185 of 2008(S) 1. K. RAMACHANDRAN, AGED 54, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY &#8230; Respondent 2. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL, 3. THE DEUTY DIRECTOR (ADMN.), 4. 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