IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HON'BLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE MR.P.R.RAMAN & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR TUESDAY, THE 23RD FEBRUARY 2010 / 4TH PHALGUNA 1931 WA.No. 1767 of 2009 --------------------- AGAINST THE JUDGEMENT IN OP.3340/1998 Dated 22/06/2009 APPELLANT: RESPONDENTS 1 & 2 ------------------------------- 1. CORPORATION OF KOCHI, REP.BY ITS SECRETARY, ERNAKULAM,KOCHI-682 011. 2. SECRETARY, CORPORATION OF KOCHI, ERNAKULAM,KOCHI-682 011. BY ADV. SRI.K.ANAND, SC, COCHIN CORPN. RESPONDENT/ PETITIONER & RESPONDENTS 3 & 4 --------------------------------------------- 1. P.K.MOHANAN, PALATTU HOUSE,HOUSE C C 15/1733, RAMESWARAM HOUSING COLONY, NAZERATH,KOCHI-682 002. 2. THE DIRECTOR OF MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE STATE OF KERALA, REP.BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SECRETARIAT,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. ADV. SRI.T.A.NARAYANAN NAIR FOR R1 SR. GOVT. PLEADER SRI. BENJAMIN PAUL. THIS WRIT APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 23/02/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: P.R. RAMAN Ag. CJ & C.N. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = W.A. NO. 1767 OF 2009 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = DATED THIS, THE 23RD DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2010. J U D G M E N T Ramachandran Nair, J. Heard the learned Government Pleader, counsel for the appellant and perused the judgment. We notice that the first respondent, though appointed as a Last Grade employee, was really engaged as a driver, after he acquired driving licence within two years of his joining and he continued to drive the vehicle for a long number of years. All that the learned Single Judge has done is to direct the appellant to give a cadre change and give regularisation to the first respondent. We do not find any merit in the writ appeal as the direction given by the learned Single Judge is permissible under the rules and what is required is only to grant regularisation of the appointment. Dismissed. P.R. RAMAN, (Ag. CHIEF JUSTICE) C.N. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, (JUDGE). knc/-