IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN WEDNESDAY, THE 24TH JUNE 2009 / 3RD ASHADHA 1931 WP(C).No. 37386 of 2008(A) -------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ------------------------- S.MANOHARAN, SPECIAL GRADE SECRETARY UNDER ORDER OF SUSPENSION, VATTIYOORKAVU GRAMA PANCHAYAT, NETTAYAM POST, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV.MR.M.SASINDRAN RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------- 1. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PANCHAYATS, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE DIRECTOR OF PANCHAYATS, TRIVANDRUM. 3. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 4. THE SUB INSPECTOTR OF POLICE, PEROORKADA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 5. THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 6. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY GOVT. PLEADER MR.P.NANDAKUMAR THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 24/06/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. ----------------------------- W.P(C) No.37386 of 2008-A ------------------------------ Dated this the 24th day of June, 2009. J U D G M E N T This writ petition was filed on 17.12.2008 challenging Ext.P20 order dated 3.12.2008 and Ext.P21 order dated 5.12.2008 placing the petitioner under suspension. Pursuant to the interim order passed by this Court on 9.2.2009, the Government have issued Ext.P22 order dated 21.2.2009 reinstating the petitioner in service. The pleadings disclose that by Ext.P26 order dated 8.5.2009 the disciplinary action initiated against the petitioner was finalized exonerating him of the charges. Ext.P26 also reveals that the Director of Panchayath has submitted a proposal to regularize the petitioner's service during the period when he was kept under suspension. In view of the fact that disciplinary action against the petitioner has been finalized and the petitioner has already been reinstated in service by order dated 8.5.2009, the reliefs prayed for by the petitioner have become infructuous. This writ petition is accordingly closed as infructuous with the observation that orders regularizing the period of suspension, shall be issued expeditiously and with the further observation that if the petitioner is aggrieved thereby it will open to him to challenge the same in other appropriate proceedings. Sd/- ab P.N.RAVINDRAN, JUDGE //True Copy//