E.a.Babu v. State of Kerala
Case brief
What is this about?
Single judge quashed orders denying seniority to an employee provisionally appointed on 23-1-1982, holding regularisation relates back to provisional date, granting seniority over a transit recruitert on 1983.
What did the court decide?
Petition 211/2000 dismissed; Petition 3339/2000 allowed with direction to revise promotions and pay arrears within three months.
What the court decided
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT :
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN
TUESDAY, THE 21ST OCTOBER 2008 / 29TH ASWINA 1930
OP.No. 211 of 2000(A) ---------------------
PETITIONER(S):
E.A. BABU, MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTOR, OFFICE OF THE JOINT R.T.O., GURUVAYOOR.
BY ADV. SRI.RAJESH THOMAS
SRI.J.JULIAN XAVIER
SRI.FIROZ K.ROBIN
RESPONDENT(S):
Issues for consideration
3 issues framed by the court
Whether an Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspector provisionally appointed on 23-1-1982 and regularised with effect from 11-2-1984 is senior to an employee recruited on 30-5-1983.
Whether the date of first appointment for seniority purposes is the provisional appointment date or the regularisation date.
Whether the impugned orders declaring the opposite seniority and updating select lists should be quashed.
Parties & counsel
- petitioner
E.A. Babu
- respondent
Prabhakaran Thampi
- respondent
State of Kerala
- respondent
Transport Commissioner
Coram
Case details
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