Writ petition seeking a direction to fill 5% of Clerk/Second Grade Sub Group Officer vacancies reserved for Devaswom Guard/Strong Room Guard employees under the Exhibit P3 Rules. Petitioners stated the vacancies had been filled and nothing survived; the court recorded the submission and closed the petition.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE BASANT BALAJI
THURSDAY, THE 21ST DAY OF MARCH 2024 / 1ST CHAITHRA, 1946
WP(C) NO. 30716 OF 2023
PETITIONER/S:
1ARUNKUMAR S.
AGED 41 YEARS
S/O. SREEDHARAN PILLAI KOCHUKALEEKAL HOUSE,
ERUMAKUZHY (W) NOORANAD P.O. ALAPPUZHA -690504
WORKING AS DEVASWOM GUARD/STRONG ROOM GUARD
PAMPA DEVASWOM, SABARIMALA GROUP,
2BIJU BOSE
AGED 49 YEARS
S/O. SUBASH CHANDRA BOSE, MEENASH,
MANNANAM P.O., KOTTAYAM -686561
WORKING AS DEVASWOM GUARD/STRONG ROOM GUARD
SABARIMALA DEVASWOM, SABARIMALA GROUP,
BY ADVS.
ARAVINDA KUMAR BABU T.K.
SANDRA SUNNY
ARUN KUMAR M.A
FARAH JYOTHI PRADEEP
RESPONDENT/S:
1THE TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD
DEVASWOM HEAD QUARTERS, NANTHANCODE,
KAWDIAR POST THIRUVANANTHAPURAM -695003
REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY.
2DEVASWOM COMMISSIONER
TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD
DEVASWOM HEAD QUARTERS NANTHANCODE,
KAWDIAR POST THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,
PIN - 695003
3ADDL.R3.
N. KRISHNAN NAMBOODIRI,AGED 51 YEARS,
S/O LATE V NARAYANA NAMBOODIRI,
SENIOR GRADE DRIVER, CULTURAL DIRECTOR OFFICE,
TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, NANDANCODE PO,
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 635006
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4ADDL.R4.
T. ANILKUMAR, AGED 51 YEARS,
S/O LATE S. THANKAPPAN PILLAI,
SENIOR GRADE DRIVER, EXECUTIVE ENGINEERS OFFICE,
TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, NANDANCODE PO,
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 635006
5ADDL.R5.
N.R. MADHU,AGED 53 YEARS,
S/O MR. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR,
SENIOR GRADE DRIVER, EXECUTIVE ENGINEERS OFFICE,
TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, KOTTAYAM PO - 686101
(ADDL.R3 TO R5 ARE IMPLEADED AS PER ORDER DATED 15-11-
2023 IN IA 1/2023 IN WPC 30716/2023)
BY ADVS.
G.BIJU G
S.RADHAKRISHNAN
ADITYA THEJUS KRISHNAN
THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION
ON 21.03.2024, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE
FOLLOWING:
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BASANT BALAJI , J.
W.P. (C) No.30716 of 2023
Dated this the 21st day of March 2024
JUDGMENT
This writ petition is filed seeking for a direction to the respondents to fill up 5% of the vacancies of Clerk/Second Grade Sub Group Officers for the year 2023 reserved for Devaswom Guard/Strong Room Guard in terms of the Exhibit P3 Rules.
The above submission is recorded and this writ petition is closed.
Sd/-
BASANT BALAJI , JUDGE
NS
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APPENDIX OF WP(C) 30716/2023
PETITIONER EXHIBITS :
EXHIBIT P1THE TRUE COPY OF THE RULE VIZ; CATEGORY
CHANGE FOR STRONG ROOM GUARDS EMPLOYEES IN
THE TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD TO THE CADRE
OF LOWER DIVISION CLERK/SUB GROUP OFFICERS
GRADE-II NOTIFIED IN THE GAZETTE DATED
14.04.2015
EXHIBIT P2THE TRUE COPY OF THE CIRCULAR ISSUED BY THE
2ND RESPONDENT DATED 27.04.2022
EXHIBIT P3THE TRUE COPY OF THE OF THE RULE PROMULGATED
IN THE YEAR 2022 NOTIFIED IN THE GAZETTE
DATED 20.06.2022
EXHIBIT P4THE TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER NO ROC
4388/13/EST-II ISSUED BY THE 1ST RESPONDENT
DATED 31.03.2023
Arunkumar S.
Biju Bose
The Travancore Devaswom Board
Devaswom Commissioner, Travancore Devaswom Board
N. Krishnan Namboodiri
T. Anilkumar
Basant Balaji
As recorded by the court registry
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