IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.GIRI MONDAY, THE 23RD JUNE 2008 / 2ND ASHADHA 1930 WP(C).No. 18752 of 2008(G) PETITIONER: --------------------- RETNAKUMAR,S/O. GOVINDA PILLAI THIRUMANGALM KEZHARPLANKALA VEEDU KRISHNAPURAM, NEYYATTINKARA. BY ADV. SRI.DEEPU THANKAN RESPONDENTS: ------------------------- KERALA STATE BEVERAGES (M&M) CORPORATION LTD, SASTHAMANGALAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, REP. BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR. BY SRI.ELVIN PETER - STANDING COUNSEL THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 23/06/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: V. GIRI, J. ------------------------------- WP(C).NO. 18752 of 2008 --------------------------------- Dated this the 23rd day of June, 2008 JUDGMENT The petitioner was engaged as an Abkari worker in the FL-I at Kaleekavila in the year 2003. The petitioner was posted in the said shop when it was newly opened in the year 2003. There was an incident on 3.9.2003 when Tamil Nadu police took into custody two loads of IMFL and the vehicle. It seems that the petitioner and his co-workers protested and the Tamil Nadu Police resorted to lathicharge. The petitioner was apparently hospitalised for some time and he was treated for several days. Thereafter the petitioner reported for duty more than four years after the incident. The petitioner was not engaged. He submitted Ext.P4 representation and has approached this court for a direction that his claim be considered. 2. I heard learned counsel for the petitioner Sri.Deepu Thankan and the learned Standing Counsel for respondent Sri.Elvin Peter. 3. Sri.Elvin Peter submits that the post of daily wage abkari WPC.18752 /2008 2 worker will now be filled up by the respondent as per the guidelines in Manoj K.R. vs. Kerala State Beverages Corporation (2006(4) ILR Ker.285). It is pointed out that if any person is now engaged as casual employee, it can only be on a sponsorship by the Employment Exchange. In the result, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondent to pass orders on Ext.P4 in accordance with law. V. GIRI, JUDGE. pmn/ WPC.18752 /2008 3