IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR THURSDAY, THE 25TH AUGUST 2011 / 3RD BHADRA 1933 WP(C).No. 23094 of 2011(J) ------------------------------------ PETITIONERS: 1. DR.N.S.AJAYAGHOSH, "SREELAKAM", HOUSE NO.77, ASRAMAM GARDENS, ASRAMAM, KOLLAM-691 002. 2. DR.K.B.SUDHIKUMAR, KOMAPARAMBIL, NANTHIATTUKUNNAM, NORTH PARUR-683 513. BY ADV. SRI.M.R.ANISON SMT.K.P.GEETHA MANI SRI.P.N.APPUKUTTAN RESPONDENT: STATE OF KERALA REP. BY ITS SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, FINANCE (PAY REVISION CELL-C) DEPARTMENT, GOVT. SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 001. BY GOVT. PLEADER SRI.VIJULAL THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 25/08/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: APPENDIX IN WPC 23094/2011 PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: EXT. P1 TRUE COPY OF THE GO(P)nO.915/98/(156)/FIN DT. 11.3.98 ISSUED BY THE GOVT. EXT. P2 TRUE COPY OF GO(MS)NO.149/2001/(92)/FIN DT. 23.1.01 ISSUED BY THE GOVT. EXT. P3 TRUE COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION DT. 2.7.11 SUBMITTED BY THE PETITIONERS EXT. P4 TRUE COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION FILED BY THE PETITIONERS ASSOCIATION DT. 1.7.09 EXT. P5 TRUE COPY OF GO(P)NO.318/2009/H&FWD DT. 10.9.09 /TRUE COPY/ T.R.Ramachandran Nair, J. ------------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No.23094 of 2011 J ------------------------------------------- Dated this the 25th day of August, 2011 JUDGMENT Both the writ petitioners have retired from the Government Ayurveda College. The grievance raised in the writ petition is that Government has refused to grant pay revision benefits which were granted to the teachers in Medical Colleges. 2. Petitioners have pointed out that they have been treated at par with Government Medical College teachers in the matter of conferring pay revision benefits from time to time. Exhibits P1 and P2 Government Orders are produced in support of the said claim. It is pointed out that even though Government issued orders revising the scale of pay of teaching staff of Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Science Colleges in the State as per G.O.(P)No.145/06/Fin. Dated 25.3.2006, the same benefit was not extended to the teaching staff in the Government Ayurveda Colleges. Seeking for similar benefits, petitioners have filed Exhibit P3 representation before the Government. Exhibit P4 is the representation submitted by the Association representing the petitioners and similarly placed teachers. WPC 23094/2011 2 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that Government may be directed to consider the plea raised in Exhibits P3 and P4 expeditiously. 4. Heard learned Government Pleader for the respondent. 5. There will be a direction to the Government to consider the grievance raised by the petitioners and similarly placed persons in Exhibits P3 and P4 representations and take appropriate decision within a period of six months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. It is open to the petitioners to file a comprehensive representation along with a certified copy of this judgment. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. (T.R.Ramachandran Nair, Judge) tkv