IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KURIAN JOSEPH WEDNESDAY, THE 7TH FEBRUARY 2007 / 18TH MAGHA 1928 OP.No. 13379 of 2003(P) ----------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ 1. V.P.RAGHU, OVERSEER (ELECTRICAL), ELECTRICAL SECTION, PEECHAKKAL, CHERTHALA, ALAPPUZHA DIST. 2. M.K.MOHANDAS, OVERSEER (ELECTRICAL), ELECTRICAL SECTION, AMBALAPUZHA (UNDER ELECTRICAL CIRCLE, ALAPPUZHA) BY ADV. SRI.K.P.SATHEESAN SRI.K.K.GOPINATHAN NAIR SRI.M.R.JAYAPRASAD SRI.N.V.AJAYAKUMAR SRI.K.K.RAJEEV SRI.S.VIBHEESHANAN RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, VYDYUTHI BHAVAN, PATTOM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-4. 2. THE CHIEF ENGINEER (HRM), K.S.E. BOARD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.C.K.KARUNAKARAN, SC FOR KSEB THIS ORIGINAL PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 07/02/2007, ALONG WITH OP NO. 13488 OF 2003 THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ORDER ON C.M.P.NO.22583/2003 IN O.P.NO.13379/2003 DISMISSED. 7-2-2007 SD/- KURIAN JOSEPH, JUDGE APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: EXT.P1. COPY OF CIRCULAR ISSUED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT DT. 9- 9-1999 EXT.P2. COPY OF JUDGMENT DT. 1-1-2002 IN O.P.NO.21479/2000 EXT.P3. COPY OF ORDER NO.EV4-120(C)/99 DATED 7-2-2003 EXT.P4. COPY OF ORDER NO.EB4-120C/93 DATED 7-4-2003 EXT.P5. COPY OF ORDER ISSUED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT DATED 7- 4-1997. EXT.P6. COPY OF ORDER DATED 2-5-1998 EXT.P7. COPY OF ORDER DATED 25-1-2000 EXT.P8. TRUE COPY OF ORDER ISSUED BY THE BOARD DATED 18-2-97 PROMOTING 200 PERSONS UNDER 10% QUOTA. EXT.P9. TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 15-3-97 PROMOTING 4 PERSONS UNDER 10% QUOTA EXT.P10. TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 2-5-98 PROMOTING 70 PERSONS UNDER THE 10% QUOTA EXT.P11. TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 6-6-98 PROMOTING 1 PERSON UNDER THE 10% QUOTA EXT.P12. TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 25-11-99 PROMOTING 80 PERSONS UNDER 10% QUOTA. / TRUE COPY / KURIAN JOSEPH, J. ----------------------------------------- O.P.Nos.13379 & 13488 of 2003 ----------------------------------------- Dated this the 7th day of February, 2007 JUDGMENT The issue raised in these two writ petitions essentially pertains to reversion of Overseers to the post of Worker. The impugned order is Board Order No.EB4-120(c)/1999 dated 7-4-2003. The said order was under challenge in various other writ petitions also which were disposed of by common judgment dated 19-1-2005 in O.P.No.6010/2003 and connected cases, quashing the said impugned order. There was also a direction in the said judgment to make promotions in the light of the observations contained in the judgment. For parity of reasons these writ petitions are also disposed of quashing the impugned order referred to above and with a further direction to make the promotions as directed in the judgment dated 19-1- 2005 referred to above. A copy of the common judgment dated 19-1-2005 in O.P.No.6010/2003 and connected cases will be appended to this judgment. (KURIAN JOSEPH, JUDGE) ahg. KURIAN JOSEPH, J. O.P.NO.13379 & 13488/2003 JUDGMENT 7th February, 2007