IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN MONDAY, THE 13TH SEPTEMBER 2010 / 22ND BHADRA 1932 WP(C).No. 28207 of 2010(A) --------------------------------- PETITIONER: --------------- K.SATYABHAMA, PART TIME SWEEPER, FOREST RANGE OFFICE, KANAYAR, (UNDER SUSPENSION) PADINJARE PURAMBOKU, ANCHANKOVIL, KOLLAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. MR.K.SASIKUMAR MR.S.ARAVIND RESPONDENTS: ------------------- 1. DIVISIONAL FOREST OFFICER, ACHANKOVIL, KOLLAM DISTRICT. 2. RANGE OFFICER, FOREST RANGE OFFICE, KANAYAR. 3. CONSERVATOR OF FORESTS, KOLLAM. ADV.MR.ARAVINDA KUMAR BABU T.K. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 13/09/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S. SIRI JAGAN, J. ------------------------------ W.P.(C) No.28207 OF 2010 ------------------------------- Dated this the 13th day of September, 2010 J U D G M E N T Pursuant to registration of a criminal case, which is pending, the petitioner has been suspended from service, which suspension is continuing even after one year. The petitioner challenges that suspension. However, the learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the respondents may be directed to pay to the petitioner subsistence allowance due to the petitioner expeditiously leaving open other contentions raised by the petitioner in the writ petition to be raised appropriately in future. 2. I have heard the learned Government Pleader also. In the facts and circumstances of the case, I dispose of this writ petition directing the respondents to see that the subsistence allowance due to the petitioner is paid as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within two months form the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment, if not already paid. I further make it W.P.(c)No.28207/10 2 clear that I have not considered the other contentions of the petitioner on merits and leave it open to be raised appropriately in future. S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE acd W.P.(c)No.28207/10 3