IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN THURSDAY, THE 22ND NOVEMBER 2007 / 1ST AGRAHAYANA 1929 WP(C).No. 32005 of 2007(I) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ---------------- JACOB CHANDY, LECTURER, DEPT. OF ECONOMICS, SANATANA DHARMA COLLEGE, ALAPPUZHA, (THOOMPUNKAL, PARK JUNCTION, MAVELIKKARA-690 101). BY ADV. SRI.BECHU KURIAN THOMAS RESPONDENTS: ------------------ 1. THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, HIGHER EDUCATION, TRIVANDRUM. 2. THE DIRECTOR OF COLLEGIATE EDUCATION, VIKAS BHAVAN, TRIVANDRUM. 3. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COLLEGIATE EDUCATION, ERNAKULAM. 4. THE UNIVERSITY OF KERALA, REP. BY ITS REGISTRAR, TRIVANDRUM. 5. SANATANA DHARMA COLLEGE, ALAPPUZHA, SANATANAPURAM, REP. BY ITS NANAGER. 6. THE PRINCIPAL, SANATANA DHARMA COLLEGE, SANATANAPURAM, ALAPPUZHA. BY ADV. SRI.M.RAJAGOPALAN NAIR, SC, KERALA UTY. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 22/11/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S. SIRI JAGAN, J. --------------------------------- W.P.(C)No. 32005 OF 2007 --------------------------------- Dated this the 22nd day of November, 2007 JUDGMENT The petitioner was appointed as a Lecturer in Economics in the 5th respondent's College with effect from 21.2.2006, which has been approved by the University also. The complaint of the petitioner in this writ petition is that salary due to him has not been disbursed yet by the 3rd respondent. 2. The learned Government pleader submits that salary bill of the petitioner for the month of August, 2007 has been countersigned and salary bill for other periods has only been just received. In the above circumstances, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the 3rd respondent to see that the petitioner's salary is paid with arrears within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE Acd