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LINEMAN GRADE II,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n2. K.T.PADMANABHAN, LINEMAN GRADE I,\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD,(K.S.E.B.\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE CHIEF ENGINEER, (H.R.M.),\n\n                For Petitioner  :DR.K.P.SATHEESAN\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.JOSE J.MATHEIKEL, SC, KSEB\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice S.SIRI JAGAN\n\n Dated :08\/12\/2010\n\n O R D E R\n<\/pre>\n<p>                       S. SIRI JAGAN, J.\n<\/p>\n<p>                &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\n                  W.P.(C) No.36445 OF 2004\n<\/p>\n<p>              &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\n           Dated this the 8th day of December, 2010<\/p>\n<p>                          JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p>      The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the writ<\/p>\n<p>petition has become infructuous. Accordingly, the writ petition is<\/p>\n<p>dismissed as infructuous.<\/p>\n<p>                                    S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>acd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Ramachandran R.K.V. Lineman &#8230; vs Kerala State Electricity Board on 8 December, 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 36445 of 2004(L) 1. RAMACHANDRAN R.K.V. LINEMAN GRADE II, &#8230; Petitioner 2. K.T.PADMANABHAN, LINEMAN GRADE I, Vs 1. KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD,(K.S.E.B. &#8230; Respondent 2. THE CHIEF ENGINEER, (H.R.M.), For [&hellip;]<\/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-81768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-kerala-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ramachandran R.K.V. 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