IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN FRIDAY, THE 12TH MARCH 2010 / 21ST PHALGUNA 1931 WA.No. 1551 of 2006(A) ---------------------- AGAINST THE JUDGEMENT/ORDER IN WPC.17372/2005 Dated 19/12/2005 .................... APPELLANTS/RESPONDENTS -------------------------------------- 1. KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY, VYDYUTHI BHAVANAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE CHIEF ENGINEER (HRM), KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, VYDYUTHI BHAVANAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE CHIEF INTERNAL AUDITOR, KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, VYDYUTHI BHAVANAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 4. THE DEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER, KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, VYDYUTHI BHAVANAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.K.S.ANIL, SC, KSEB SRI.C.K.KARUNAKARAN, SC FOR KSEB RESPONDENTS/PETITIONER NOS 1 & 2 ------------------------------------------------------ 1. E.P.BHASKARAN NAMBIAR, ASSISTANT ENGINEER (RETD.), KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, TRANSMISSION SECTION, KANHIRODE, "SUHASI", CHELORI TEMPLE ROAD, CHELORI.P.O., KANNUR-670 604. 2. O.SURESH, ASSISTANT ENGINEER (RETD.), KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, OLAVIL HOUSE, CHALAT, KANNUR-4. ADV. SRI.P.M.PAREETH THIS WRIT APPEAL HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 12/03/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR & P.N.RAVINDRAN, JJ. --------------------------- W.A. No. 1551 OF 2006 -------------------------- Dated this the 12th day of March, 2010 J U D G M E N T Balakrishnan Nair, J. The respondents in the writ petition are the appellants. Respondents herein were the writ petitioners. The dispute raised in the writ petition was regarding the higher grade to be granted to the respondents. The writ petition was allowed as early as on 19.12.2005 and it was implemented long ago. The writ appeal comes up for admission more than four years of the date of the judgment. Having regard to the facts of the case, we think it is not necessary to entertain the appeal after the implementation of the judgment under appeal long ago. So the writ appeal is dismissed but it is clarified that the judgment under appeal will not be treated as a binding precedent as against the appellants, in case that judgment is cited as a precedent by other employees. The Board will be free to take a stand which may be at variance with the said judgment, if so advised. K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR, (JUDGE ) P.N.RAVINDRAN, (JUDGE) vps 2