IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR THURSDAY, THE 26TH MARCH 2009 / 5TH CHAITHRA 1931 WP(C).No. 9773 of 2009(N) ------------------------- PETITIONER: --------------- P.A.HARIDASAN, CIRCLE INSPECTOR OF EXCISE, (UNDER SUSPENSION), KERALA STATE BEVERAGES CORPORATION, THODUPUZHA, NOW RESIDING AT HARINANDANAM HOUSE, MAHADEVA APARTMENT, POONKUNNAM VILLAGE, THRISSUR WEST. BY ADV. SRI.PIRAPPANCODE V.S.SUDHIR RESPONDENT: --------------- THE EXCISE COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONERATE OF EXCISE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY GOVT. PLEADER SMT. ANU SIVARAMAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 26/03/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR,J. ------------------------- W.P ( C) No.9773 of 2009 -------------------------- Dated this the 26th March,2009 J U D G M E N T The petitioner, while working as Circle Inspector of Excise in the Kerala State Beverages Corporation, was suspended from service as per order dated 7.10.2008 (Ext.P1). The suspension was based on a complaint by Smt.Uma Devi alleging that the petitioner had behaved in an obscene manner intending to insult her and her friends Smt.Asmina and Sobha Balamurali. 2. Petitioner submits that the allegations against him are patently incorrect and actually he had been discharging his official duties at the relevant point of time. The petitioner is relying upon various documents produced in the writ petition as Exhibits-P6 to P12 to justify the said contention. Seeking to revoke the suspension, the petitioner has already approached the respondent as per Exhibit-P13 representation. It is submitted that no action has so far been taken on the said W.P ( C) No.9773 of 2009 2 representation. In the result, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondent to take a decision on Exhibit-P13, after hearing the petitioner, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. Petitioner will produce a copy of the writ petition along with a copy of this judgment before the respondent for compliance. (T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JUDGE) ma W.P ( C) No.9773 of 2009 3 W.P ( C) No.9773 of 2009 4