IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR THURSDAY, THE 29TH JULY 2010 / 7TH SRAVANA 1932 WP(C).No. 23629 of 2010(C) -------------------------------- PETITIONER: -------------- D.JOHN, (INSPECTOR, KSRTC, ADOOR DEPOT, RETD.ON 31.10.2007), CHARUVILA PUTHEN VEEDU, EZHAMKULAM, PUTHUMALA P.O., (VIA) ADOOR, PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT. BY MR.K.P.RAJEEVAN, ADVOCATE. RESPONDENT: ---------------- KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, FORT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. MR.V.V. NANDAGOPAL NAMBIAR, SC. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 29/07/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J. --------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No.23629 OF 2010 --------------------------------------- Dated this the 29th day of July, 2010. J U D G M E N T The petitioner retired from service as Inspector in the Adoor Depot of the respondent Corporation on 31.10.2007. Before entering into the service of the Corporation, the petitioner had worked as a P.D. Teacher from 10.01.1975 to 25.03.1975 at the Government L.P.School, Padinharethara on provisional basis that too selected through the Employment Exchange. Exhibit P2 is the copy of the relieving order. 2. The petitioner had also worked as a P.D.Teacher from 03.11.1975 to 31.01.1976 at the Government U.P.School, Anappara on provisional basis. The Discharge Certificate is produced as Exhibit P3. Later he had worked as a permanent Assistant Teacher from 02.02.1976 to 12.03.1979 at the A.M.L.P School, Chathrathody in Malappuram District and the said fact is recorded in the Service Book of the petitioner, a copy of which is produced as Exhibit P4 herein. W.P.(C) No.23629/2010 2 3. Seeking for appropriate reliefs by way of reckoning the period of service rendered by him in the various schools, the petitioner had filed a representation as per Exhibit P5 before the Managing Director. The petitioner seeks for a direction to the Managing Director to consider and pass orders on Exhibit P5. It is contended that the period from 02.02.1976 to 12.03.1979 during which he was working as permanent Assistant Teacher in the A.M.L.P School, Chathrathody, Vengara, as evident from the Service Book, is liable to be reckoned as part of the total service for reckoning the pension and other benefits. The above aspect will be considered by the respondent and appropriate decision will be communicated to the petitioner within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment, after calling for the Service Book and also after verifying the same. This writ petition is disposed of as above. T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR JUDGE smp