{"id":92551,"date":"2008-10-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-13T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/s-lawrence-vs-state-of-kerala-on-14-october-2008"},"modified":"2014-04-03T05:23:35","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T23:53:35","slug":"s-lawrence-vs-state-of-kerala-on-14-october-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/s-lawrence-vs-state-of-kerala-on-14-october-2008","title":{"rendered":"S.Lawrence vs State Of Kerala on 14 October, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">S.Lawrence vs State Of Kerala on 14 October, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 30141 of 2008(L)\n\n\n1. S.LAWRENCE, HEAD MASTER, CMS HIGH SCHOOL\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE DIRECTOR PUBLIC INSTRUCTIONS,\n\n3. THE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER,\n\n4. THE MANAGER CMS SCHOOLS, EAST KERALA\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.N.RAGHURAJ\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice ANTONY DOMINIC\n\n Dated :14\/10\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                           ANTONY DOMINIC, J.\n                          ===============\n                      W.P.(C) NO. 30141 OF 2008 (L)\n                     ====================\n\n               Dated this the 14th day of October, 2008\n\n                               J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>       Ext.P7 is a revision filed by the petitioner against Exts.P2 and P6<\/p>\n<p>rejecting approval of his appointment.<\/p>\n<p>       2.    If as stated by the petitioner, Ext.P7 revision is pending before<\/p>\n<p>the 1st respondent, the same shall be dealt with with notice to the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner and the 4th respondent. A final decision in this matter shall be<\/p>\n<p>taken as expeditiously as possible, at any rate within 3 months of<\/p>\n<p>production of a copy of this judgment, along with a copy of this writ<\/p>\n<p>petition.\n<\/p>\n<p>       Writ petition is disposed of as above.<\/p>\n<p>                                               ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE<br \/>\nRp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court S.Lawrence vs State Of Kerala on 14 October, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 30141 of 2008(L) 1. S.LAWRENCE, HEAD MASTER, CMS HIGH SCHOOL &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE &#8230; Respondent 2. THE DIRECTOR PUBLIC INSTRUCTIONS, 3. THE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER, 4. 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