{"id":85742,"date":"2008-11-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-09T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-unnikrishnan-vs-state-of-kerala-on-10-november-2008"},"modified":"2016-02-28T18:57:25","modified_gmt":"2016-02-28T13:27:25","slug":"m-unnikrishnan-vs-state-of-kerala-on-10-november-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-unnikrishnan-vs-state-of-kerala-on-10-november-2008","title":{"rendered":"M. Unnikrishnan vs State Of Kerala on 10 November, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">M. Unnikrishnan vs State Of Kerala on 10 November, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 12471 of 2004(I)\n\n\n1. M. UNNIKRISHNAN, SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. SRI. M.K. KANNAN, EX. M.L.A.,\n\n3. THRISSUR URBAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY\n\n4. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, (FORMER\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.N.P.SAMUEL\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.K.P.VIJAYAN\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice KURIAN JOSEPH\n\n Dated :10\/11\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                       KURIAN JOSEPH, J.\n              -----------------------------------------\n                  W.P(C) No. 12471 of 2004\n              -----------------------------------------\n          Dated this the 10th day of November, 2008\n\n                            JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>      The challenge is on Ext.P8 order passed by the Government.<\/p>\n<p>In the matter of promotion of the petitioner there is already an<\/p>\n<p>interim order ever since 7-4-2004.      The petitioner has retired<\/p>\n<p>from service.   The writ petition is disposed of in terms of the<\/p>\n<p>said interim order making it clear that in case the petitioner has<\/p>\n<p>still any grievance left he may approach the first respondent in<\/p>\n<p>which case appropriate prompt action will be taken in the matter<\/p>\n<p>with notice to the petitioner.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                       (KURIAN JOSEPH, JUDGE)<\/p>\n<p>ahg.\n<\/p>\n<p>      KURIAN JOSEPH, J.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\n W.P(C).No.12471 of 2004\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>           JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p>     10th November, 2008<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court M. Unnikrishnan vs State Of Kerala on 10 November, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 12471 of 2004(I) 1. M. UNNIKRISHNAN, SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY &#8230; Respondent 2. SRI. M.K. KANNAN, EX. M.L.A., 3. THRISSUR URBAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 4. THE DISTRICT [&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-85742","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>M. 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