IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC FRIDAY, THE 23RD JULY 2010 / 1ST SRAVANA 1932 WP(C).No. 22978 of 2010(V) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ---------------------- S.R.ANTONY, GRADE-I (HIGHER GRADE) OVERSEER, ENGINEERING DIVISION, PANANGADU KEARLA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, THRISSUR. BY ADV. SRI.SHERRY J. THOMAS RESPONDENT(S): ----------------------- 1. KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, THRISSUR, REP. BY ITS REGISTRAR, VELLANIKKARA, THRISSUR-680 654. 2. REGISTRAR, KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, MAIN CAMPUS, VELLANIKKARA, THRISSUR-680 654. SRI.K.P.MUJEEB, SC, UNIVERSITY THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 23/07/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ANTONY DOMINIC, J. ================ W.P.(C) NO. 22978 OF 2010 (V) ===================== Dated this the 23rd day of July, 2010 J U D G M E N T Petitioner submits that though he was selected and included in a ranked list published on 19/9/88, appointment was illegally denied and it was only pursuant to the judgment of this Court in OP No.8340/88 that eventually the petitioner was appointed w.e.f. 1/7/92. According to the petitioner, he is to retire from service on 30/10/2010. It is stated that going by the length of service subsequent to 1/7/92, petitioner will not have sufficient qualifying service for pension. It is contended that since appointment was wrongly denied to him, he is entitled to have his service counted from at least 1988, when the ranked list was published. Seeking this prayer, petitioner has submitted representations and in this writ petition, what is sought for is a direction to consider those representations. 2. Qualifying service of an employee can commence only on appointment. In this case, what is sought for by the petitioner is service for the period prior to 1/7/92, when he was not in service. Petitioner has no case that in the judgment he obtained WPC No. 22978/10 :2 : in the OP mentioned earlier, there was any direction for giving seniority for the period prior to his date of appointment. Therefore, at this stage, it is impermissible for the petitioner to claim credit for any period prior to 1/7/92, and for that reason, this Court will not be justified in issuing a direction for consideration of the representations either. Writ petition fails and is dismissed. ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE Rp