IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN MONDAY, THE 3RD MARCH 2008 / 13TH PHALGUNA 1929 WP(C).No. 5528 of 2008(G) ------------------------- PETITIONER: ---------------- THE KERALA UNAIDED SCHOOL ASSOCIATION REGN.NO.Q.481,T.C.3/2695,EAST PATTOM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT N.C.PILLAI. BY ADV. SRI.R.RAJASEKHARAN PILLAI SMT.SABINA JAYAN RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. THE STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, GENERAL EDUCATION DEPATMENT GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTIONS THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI. A.J. VARGHESE. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 03/03/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S. SIRI JAGAN, J. ------------------------------------ W.P.(C)No.5528 OF 2008 ---------------------------------------- Dated this the 3rd day of March, 2008 JUDGMENT The petitioner is an association of managements of unaided and unrecognised schools functioning in the State of Kerala. They have filed this writ petition for a direction to the Government to permit unaided and unrecognised schools to conduct examinations up to standard VI and to issue transfer certificates. The relief prayed for, is only available to individual schools, which are not parties to the writ petition. In a similar case namely, W.P.(C) No.37131/07, I had directed that such association cannot maintain a writ petition in which was upheld by the Division Bench in W. A. No.126/08. The petitioner now points out that, I had in W.P.(C) No.37734/07 entertained a similar writ petition and issued a direction to the Government to consider a representation filed by an association of managers. I am of opinion that, despite that earlier order, in view of the Division Bench decision upholding my view that an association of W.P.(c) No.5528/08 2 managements cannot sustain a writ petition on behalf of individual schools, this writ petition is not maintainable and accordingly the same is dismissed. S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE Acd