The High Court of Kerala dismissed the writ appeal filed by Chief Engineers as infructuous. The matter was finally heard and dismissed without a detailed judicial analysis.
This page shows the compact analysis of this judgement. The full analysis — procedural history, issue-by-issue holdings with ratio and obiter, advocates, and paragraph-level evidence for every claim — is being added to the record in batches and will appear here when this judgement has been through it.
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT:
THE HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR.ASHOK BHUSHAN & THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE A.M.SHAFFIQUE
FRIDAY, THE 26TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2016/7TH PHALGUNA, 1937
WA. No.388 of 2010 ( ) IN WP(C). No.5882/2009
AGAINST THE ORDER/JUDGMENT IN WP(C) NO.5882/2009 OF HIGH COURT OF KERALA DATED 17-12-2009.
APPELLANT(S)/RESPONDENTS 4 & 5:
1. C.N.SATHY, CHIEF ENGINEER, INVESTIGATION AND DESIGN, IDRB, IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT, VIKAS BHAVAN, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
2. R.RAJASEKHARAN NAIR, CHIEF ENGINEER, PROJECT II, IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC OFFICE BUILDING, OPPOSITE MUSEUM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
BY ADV. ADV.SRI.B.UNNIKRISHNA KAIMAL
RESPONDENT(S)/PETITIONER AND RESPONDENTS 1 TO 3 AND 6 & ADDL. RESPONDENTS 7 TO 9:
1. V.K.MAHANUDEVAN, SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER, SIRUVANI PROJECT CIRCLE, WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, PALAKKAD.
2. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY ITS CHIEF SECRETARY, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
3. THE ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY, WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
4. THE CHIEF ENGINEER, IRRIGATION AND ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC OFFICE BUILDING, OPPOSITE MUSEUM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
5. THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, LAW DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
6. V.SUBASH, S/O.K.VELAYUDHAN, WORKING AS EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, ADDITIONAL IRRIGATION, DIVISION, THRISSUR, RESIDING AT PATTIRETHU, KADAKKAD, PANDHALAM.
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7. R.UNNIKRISHNAN, WORKING AS EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, INLAND NAVIGATION DIVISION, WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, KOLLAM HAVING HIS PERMANENT RESIDENCE AT SREE SIVAM, MANAYILKULANGARA, KOLLAM.
8. B.JAYARAMAN, EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, MINOR IRRIGATION DIVISION, WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
THIS WRIT APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 26-02-2016, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
KRJ
ASHOK BHUSHAN, C.J & A.M.SHAFFIQUE, J
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W.A No.388 of 2010
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Dated this the 26th day of February, 2016
JUDGMENT
Shaffique, J
Learned counsel for the appellants submits that the appeal
has become infructuous. Recording the said submission, the
writ appeal is dismissed as infructuous.
Sd/-
ASHOK BHUSHAN CHIEF JUSTICE
Sd/- A.M.SHAFFIQUE JUDGE
krj.26/2/16
//true copy// P.A to Judge
C.N. Sathy
R. Rajasekharan Nair
V.K. Mahanuvelan
State of Kerala
R. Unnikrishnan
B. Jayaraman
Ashok Bhushan
A.M. Shaffique
As recorded by the court registry
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