IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR.V.K.BALI & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN TUESDAY, THE 21ST NOVEMBER 2006 / 30TH KARTHIKA 1928 OP.No. 28916 of 2001(S) ----------------------- PETITIONER: -------------- K.E.L.EMPLOYEES UNION (C.I.T.U.) RECOGNIZED, MAMALA P.O., KOCHI, REP. BY ITS GENERAL SECRETARY K.SUGUNANANDAN, AREEPURAM, THIRUVANKULAM, ERNAKULAM-682305. BY ADV. SRI.DENIZEN KOMATH SRI.G.JANARDHANA KURUP SRI.DENIZEN KOMATH RESPONDENTS: ----------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY ITS CHIEF SECRETARY, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIES, STATE OF KERALA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. MANAGING DIRECTOR, KERALA ELECTRICAL & ALLIED ENGINEERING COMPANY LTD., 7TH FLOOR, KSHB OFFICE COMPLEX, PANAMPILLY NAGAR, KOCHI-682 306. 4. SRI.V.SREENIVASAN, DIRECTOR (MANUFACTURING) KEL, 7TH FLOOR, KSHB OFFICE COMPLEX, PANAMPILLY NAGAR, KOCHI-682306. 5. G.MOHANDAS, 'SIVAM', 31/9/83, AMBELIPADAM ROAD, JANATHA JUNCTION, VYTTILA, KOCHI-19. R3 & R4 BY ADV. SRI.B.S.KRISHNAN (SR.) SRI.K.ANAND (A.201) SMT.LATHA KRISHNAN R1 & R2 BY SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER MR.M.R.SABU R5 BY SRI.K.RAMAKUMAR THIS ORIGINAL PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 21/11/2006, ALONG WITH OP NO. 29055 OF 2001 THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: V.K. BALI, C.J. & S.SIRI JAGAN, J. ------------------------------- O.P.Nos.28916 & 29055 of 2001 ------------------------------- Dated, this the 21st day of November, 2006 JUDGMENT V.K.Bali,C.J.(Oral) The challenge in the present petitions is to appointment of respondent No.4 in O.P.No.29055 of 2001 to the post of Managing Director, Kerala State Warehousing Corporation Limited as per Ext.9 in O.P.No.29055 of 2001. Counsel representing the 4th respondent states that the 4th respondent has already retired. The original petitions are dismissed having become infructuous. All pending civil miscellaneous petitions would stand closed. V.K. BALI, CHIEF JUSTICE. S.SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE. vns W.A.No.1926/2006 2