IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.S.GOPINATHAN WEDNESDAY, THE 16TH JUNE 2010 / 26TH JYAISTHA 1932 WA.No. 584 of 2010() -------------------- AGAINST THE JUDGEMENT IN WPC.33549/2007 Dated 17/09/2009 .................... APPELLANTS/PETITIONERS: -------------------------------- 1. DR.R.LATHIKA BHAI, SELECTION GRADE LECTURER IN HINDI, RETIRED FROM S.N.COLLEGE, KOLLAM, RESIDING AT `MOHAN NIVAS', PATTAATHANAM, KOLLAM. 2. DR.N.RAMANUJAN, S/O.DR.P.N.NARAYAN, READER IN ZOOLOGY (RETD. FROM S.N.COLLEGE, KOLLAM) RESIDING AT `INDUSREE', DEVASWOM LANE A-6, KESAVADASAPURAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.M.V.THAMBAN RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS: --------------- 1. THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE DIRECTOR OF COLLEGIATE EDUCATION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COLLEGIATE EDUCATION, KOLLAM. 4. UNIVERSITY GRANT COMMISSION, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG, NEW DELHI-110 002. R1 TO R3 BY G.P. SMT.T.B.RAMANI R4 BY ADV. SRI.S.KRISHNAMOORTHY, SC THIS WRIT APPEAL HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 16/06/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR & P.S.GOPINATHAN, JJ. .................................................................... Writ Appeal No.584 of 2010 .................................................................... Dated this the 16th day of June, 2010. JUDGMENT Ramachandran Nair, J. Heard counsel for the appellants and Government Pleader for respondents 1 to 3. Appellants' claim is that they were entitled to two increments on account of the Ph. D Degree they had while UGC scheme was introduced. A Division Bench of this court vide Ext.P8 judgment held that benefit is available from 27.7.1998 onwards. Since appellants had retired by then, we feel the learned Single Judge rightly declined benefit to appellants who have retired long back from service. We do not find any merit in the Writ Appeal. Consequently it is dismissed. C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR Judge P.S.GOPINATHAN Judge pms