{"id":86878,"date":"2008-12-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-30T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sobhana-k-k-vs-union-of-india-on-1-december-2008"},"modified":"2019-01-04T16:40:06","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T11:10:06","slug":"sobhana-k-k-vs-union-of-india-on-1-december-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sobhana-k-k-vs-union-of-india-on-1-december-2008","title":{"rendered":"Sobhana.K.K vs Union Of India on 1 December, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Sobhana.K.K vs Union Of India on 1 December, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 35405 of 2008(M)\n\n\n1. SOBHANA.K.K, AGED 39,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. UNION OF INDIA,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE POST MASTER GENERAL,\n\n3. THE INSPECTOR, DEPT. OF POSTS,\n\n4. THE POST MASTER, GDS,\n\n5. SHEEJA, AGED 28, NOW POSTED AS\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.PRAVEEN K. JOY\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice P.N.RAVINDRAN\n\n Dated :01\/12\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                          P.N.RAVINDRAN, J\n                         -----------------------------\n                    W.P.(C) NO: 35405 OF 2008\n                         -----------------------------\n                Dated this 1st day of December, 2008\n\n\n                               JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>       Sri.Praveen K.Joy, the learned counsel appearing for the<\/p>\n<p> petitioner prays for permission to withdraw the writ petition,<\/p>\n<p> reserving   liberty   with   the    petitioner     to move the Central<\/p>\n<p> Administrative Tribunal, Ernakulam Bench seeking the reliefs prayed<\/p>\n<p> for in the writ petition. Leave granted as prayed for and writ petition<\/p>\n<p> is dismissed as withdrawn without prejudice to the contentions of the<\/p>\n<p> petitioner and reserving liberty with her to move the Central<\/p>\n<p> Administrative Tribunal, Ernakulam Bench seeking redressal of her<\/p>\n<p> grievances.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                        P.N.RAVINDRAN,<br \/>\n                                             JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>bps<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Sobhana.K.K vs Union Of India on 1 December, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 35405 of 2008(M) 1. SOBHANA.K.K, AGED 39, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. UNION OF INDIA, &#8230; Respondent 2. THE POST MASTER GENERAL, 3. THE INSPECTOR, DEPT. OF POSTS, 4. THE POST MASTER, GDS, 5. 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