IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.L.JOSEPH FRANCIS TUESDAY, THE 10TH FEBRUARY 2009 / 21ST MAGHA 1930 WP(C).No. 3688 of 2006(S) ------------------------- OA.393/2003 of CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL,ERNAKULAM BENCH .................... PETITIONER(S): --------------- 1. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POSTS, DEPARTMENT OF POST, NEW DELHI. 2. THE CHIEF POSTMASTER GENERAL, KERALA CIRCLE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE DIRECTOR OF POSTAL SERVICES (HQ), OFFICE OF THE CHIEF POSTMASTER GENERAL, KERALA CIRCLE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 4. THE UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS, NEW DELHI. BY ADV. SRI.P.PARAMESWARAN NAIR,ASST. SOLICITOR GENERAL RESPONDENT(S): --------------- N.SAROJINI AMMA, D/O.LATE P. NARAYANA PILLAI, AGED 56 YEARS, SUB POST MASTER (BCR), Z9 VOLUNTARY RETIRED), MAYITHARA MARKET P.O., RESIDING AT 'RAJ VIHAR' CMC-14, MARUTHOORVATTOM P.O., SHERTHALAI-688545. ADV. SRI.O.V.RADHAKRISHNAN, SENIOR ADVOCATE APPEARING ALONG WITH SMT.K.RADHAMANI AMMA SRI.ANTONY MUKKATH SRI.K.V.JOY SRI.K.RAMACHANDRAN (THYKOODAM) THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 10/02/2009 ALONG WITH WPC 13882/2006, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: WPC 3688/2006 APPENDIX PETITIONERS' EXTS. EXT.P1 - TRUE COPY OF OA NO.393/2003 OF THE CAT, ERNAKULAM DT. 4.5.2003. EXT.P2 - TRUE COPY OF THE REPLY STATEMENT FILED BY THE PETITIONERS HEREIN IN OA NO.393/2003 DT. 1.7.2003. EXT.P3 - TRUE COPY OF THE COMMON ORDER DT. 29.7.2005 IN OA NO.809/2002 AND CONNECTED CASES OF THE CAT, ERNAKULAM. EXT.P4 - TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DT. 17.11.1987 ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF POSTS. EXT.P5 - TRUE COPY OF THE OM NO.9/11/55-RPS DT. 22.12.1959 ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS. EXT.P6 - TRUE COPY OF THE OM NO.20011/5/90 ESTT (D) DT. 4.11.1992 ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. EXT.P7 - TRUE COPY OF THE COMMUNICATION DT. 18.2.1997 ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS, DEPT. OF POSTS. EXT.P8 - TRUE COPY OF THE NOTICE DT. 14.3.1997 ISSUED TO SRI.P.V.SREDHARAN NAMBEESAN. EXT.P9 - TRUE COPY OF THE COMMUNICATION DT. 9.6.1997 ISSUED TO SRI.P.V.SREEDHARAN NAMBEESAN. EXT.P10 - TRUE COPY OF THE JUDGMENT OF THIS HON'BLE COURT IN OP NO.15522/2001 DT. 23.3.2005. EXT.P11 - TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER OF THE CAT, ERNAKULAM IN OA 1455/1995 DT. 22.11.1995. EXT.P12 - TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER OF THE CAT, ERNAKULAM IN OA 1113/2000 DT. 20.11.2000. EXT.P13 - TRUE COPY OF THE RELEVANT PAGES OF THE CIRCLE GRADATION LIST AS ON 1.7.1987. /TRUE COPY/ K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR & M.L.JOSEPH FRANCIS, JJ. ----------------------------------------- W.P.(C) NOS. 3688 & 13882/2006 ----------------------------------------- Dated 10th February, 2009. JUDGMENT Balakrishnan Nair, J. The respondents in O.A.No.393/2003 and O.A.No.185/2003 are, respectively, the writ petitioners in these writ petitions. The point raised by the petitioners is covered against them by the decision of the Division Bench of this Court in W.P.(C) No.13757/2006 dated 28.1.2009. In view of the said judgment, these writ petitions are also dismissed. K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR, JUDGE. M.L.JOSEPH FRANCIS, JUDGE. nm/