IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR TUESDAY, THE 24TH MARCH 2009 / 3RD CHAITHRA 1931 WP(C).No. 9362 of 2009(M) ------------------------- PETITIONER: --------------- P.T.GOPINATHAN, MACHINE OPERATOR- GRADE II (TOOL ROOM), COMMON FACILITY SERVICE CENTRE & FUNCTIONAL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE PAYYANAD, MANJERI, MALAPPURAM DIST. BY ADV. SRI.VINOD VALLIKAPPAN RESPONDENTS: --------------- 1. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, COMMON FACILITY SERVICE CENTRE & FUNCTIONAL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PAYYANAD, MANJERI, MALAPPURAM DIST. 2. THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE, VIKAS BHAVAN, TRIVANDRUM. 3. THE GOVT. OF KERALA REP. BY THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE DEPARTMENT, GOVT. SECRETARIAT, TRIVANDRUM. 4. THE SECRETARY, PERSONAL AND ADMINISTRATION REFORMS ADVICE (C) DEPARTMENT, TRIVANDRUM. BY GOVT. PLEADER SMT. ANU SIVARAMAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 24/03/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR,J. ------------------------- W.P ( C) No.9362 of 2009 -------------------------- Dated this the 24th March,2009 J U D G M E N T The petitioner herein, who is a physically handicapped person, joined the Common Facility Service Centre and Functional Industrial Estate at Payyanad, Manjeri in Malappuram district as a Machine Operator on a casual basis and worked there from 5.9.1997 to 27.12.2000. Thereafter he was regularised on 28.12.2000 and statutory benefits were extended to him. 2. Similarly placed persons had approached this Court by filing O.P. No.27919 of 2001 mainly for the grant of equal pay for equal work in parity with the Machine Operators recruited through the Public Service Commission. This Court by Exhibit-P1 judgment allowed the writ petition and directed that the pay and other benefits will be fixed notionally and arrears and the consequential monetary benefits for the subsequent periods will be paid. W.P ( C) No.9362 of 2009 2 3. The Government has passed consequential orders as per Exhibit-P2 to the petitioners therein. Thereafter one Sri.Antony Varghese, one of the petitioners in O.P. No.27919 /2001 filed CCC No.1217/2008 and ultimately he was benefited by Exhibit-P3 order. He was granted the benefits from the date of entry in service along with consequential monetary benefits. 4. The petitioner is seeking for a similar relief as he is a similarly placed person, he has filed Exhibit-P4 representation before the 2nd respondent. The 2nd respondent will consider and pass orders on Exhibit-P4 and see whether he is entitled for similar benefits as granted to Sri. Antony Varghese. Appropriate orders shall be passed within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. The writ petition is disposed of as above. (T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JUDGE) ma W.P ( C) No.9362 of 2009 3 W.P ( C) No.9362 of 2009 4