IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT:- THE HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR.H.L.DATTU & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.T.SANKARAN TUESDAY, THE 30TH OCTOBER 2007 / 8TH KARTHIKA 1929 W.P.(C).No.30454 of 2007(A) ---------------------------------------------------------- PETITIONERS:- ---------------------- 1. ANIE LAWRANCE, AGED 34 YEARS, W/O SAJU K.ZACHARIAH, LECTURER, S.C.T. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, PAPPANAMCODE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. RESIDING AT KANIKEDATHU VATTAPARA, PANNIYELI, OMALLOOR P.O., PATHANAMTHITTA. 2. RIYA JACOB, AGED 27 YEARS, D/O JACOB VARGHESE, LECTURER, S.C.T. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, PAPPANAMCODE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. RESIDING AT KOIPURATHU, MEDICAL COLLEGE P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.V.PHILIP MATHEWS RESPONDENTS:- ------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION, KERALA GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. ALL INDIA COUNCIL FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION, INDIRA GANDHI SPORTS COMPLEX, I.P. ESTATE, NEW DELHI -110002. 3. KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. W.P.(C).NO.30454 OF 2007-A - 2 - 4. K.S.R.T.C SREE CHITRA THIRUNAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING(THIRUVANANTHAPURAM) SOCIETY, SREE CHITRA THIRUNAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, PAPPANAMCODE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. 5. CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF GOVERNORS, K.S.R.T.C SREE CHITRA THIRUNAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING(THIRUVANANTHAPURAM) SOCIETY, SREE CHITRA THIRUNAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, PAPPANAMCODE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 6. PRINCIPAL, SREE CHITRA THIRUNAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, PAPPANAMCODE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. R1 BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.M.P.SREEKRISHNAN. R3 BY STANDING COUNSEL SRI.JOHNSON P.JOHN. BY ADV. SRI.MILLU DANDAPANI. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30/10/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:- H.L.DATTU, C.J. & K.T.SANKARAN, J. -------------------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No.30454 of 2007-A -------------------------------------------- Dated this the 30th day of October, 2007. J U D G M E N T H.L.Dattu, C.J. The petitioners are Lecturers in KSRTC Sree Chitra Thirunal College of Engineering, (Thiruvananthapuram) Society (society for short). They are before this Court for a direction to the 4th respondent/society to engage them as Lecturers and to regularise their services as Lecturers. The other relief sought for in the writ petition is to quash Ext.P2 notification issued by the 4th respondent/society. (2). In the case of Sathyavan Kottarakkara Vs. State of Kerala and others (W.P.(C) No.14017 of 2005) disposed of by us on 16th October, 2007, we have taken a view that the 4th respondent is a society and not amenable to the writ jurisdiction of this Court. (3). In view of what has been said by us in the afore-said decision, it may not be proper for us to take any different view than what we have already done in the afore-said decision. Therefore, the reliefs sought for by the petitioners cannot be granted by us. Accordingly, the writ petition requires to be rejected and it is rejected. Ordered accordingly. (H.L.DATTU) CHIEF JUSTICE (K.T.SANKARAN) JUDGE MS