Mary Joseph v. Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore Ltd.
Case brief
What is this about?
The Court disposed of two connected writ petitions filed by teachers and sweepers against a service scheme. Noting a decade of pendency, the Judge closed the petitions, holding that adjudication was not feasible, but granted liberty to petitioners to approach the competent authority if grievances survived.
What did the court decide?
Petitions closed with liberty to the petitioners to approach the competent authority if any surviving grievance exists.
What the court decided
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN
MONDAY, THE 21ST DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022 / 30TH KARTHIKA, 1944
WP(C) NO. 729 OF 2007
PETITIONER:
MARY JOSEPH, W/O.JOSEPH, (FORMERLY SWEEPER, FACT HIGH SCHOOL, UDYOGAMANDAL), MANALIPARAMBIL, LAKSHAM VEEDU COLONY, ELOOR SOUTH, UDYOGAMANDAL P.O., ERNAKULAM DISTRICT. BY ADV SRI.PAULY MATHEW MURICKEN
RESPONDENTS:
1 THE FERTILIZERS & CHEMICALS TRAVANCORE LTD., REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, UDYOGAMANDAL, ELOOR, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT. 2 THE COMPANY SECRETARY AND DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER (A), FACT, UDYOGAMANDAL, ERNAKULAM. 3 UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, MINISTRY OF FERTILISERS AND CHEMICALS, SASTHRI BHAVAN, NEW DELHI. BY ADVS. SRI.ANIL D. NAIR SRI.A.K.JAYASANKAR NAMBIAR SRI.K.JOHN MATHAI SRI.E.K.NANDAKUMAR SRI.A.M.SHAFFIQUE SR. SRI.S.MANU, DSGI SRI.M.GOPIKRISHNAN NAMBIAR, SC
THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 21.11.2022, ALONG WITH WP(C).5991/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
Issues for consideration
3 issues framed by the court
Whether to pass final orders in these long-pending writ petitions regarding employment schemes and absorption of regular staff.
Whether to adjudicate on surviving grievances regarding the impugned scheme and employment issues after a decade of pendency.
Whether to maintain the petitions or close the same leaving liberty to approach competent authority later.
Parties & counsel
- petitioner
Mary Joseph
- petitioner
K.K. Sudhakaran Nair
- petitioner
V.K. Babu
- respondent
The Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore Ltd.
- respondent
Union of India
Case details
As recorded by the court registry
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