IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC WEDNESDAY, THE 3RD NOVEMBER 2010 / 12TH KARTHIKA 1932 WP(C).No. 33394 of 2010(Y) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- OUSEPPACHAN J.KULATHINAL, S/O.K.M.JOSEPH, AGED 37 YEARS, KULATHINAL HOUSE, VELLIKULANGARA P.O., KODAKARA VIA, THRISSUR DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.SHOBY K.FRANCIS RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY, KSEB OFFICE, VYDHUTHY BHAVAN, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-01. 2. ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, KSEB, MAJOR SECTION, CHALAKKUDY P.O., THRISSUR DISTRICT-680 307. 3. ASSISTANT ENGINEER, OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT ENGINEER, KSEB, SECTION OFFICE, VELLIKULANGARA P.O., THRISSUR DISTRICT-680693. SC SRI. P.P THAJUDEEN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 03/11/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ANTONY DOMINIC, J. ================ W.P.(C) NO.33394 OF 2010 (Y) ===================== Dated this the 3rd day of November, 2010 J U D G M E N T Petitioner is aggrieved by the proposal to shift the KSEB Section Office which is now located at Vellikulangara. According to the petitioner, if the office is shifted, that will cause inconvenience to the general public. The standing counsel for the Board has produced judgment of the Division Bench in writ petition(c).No.16192/20910 dated 26th May, 2010, which was rendered following the Apex Court judgment in J.R. Raghupathy V. State of Andhra Pradesh ( AIR 1988 SC 1681), dismissing a similar writ petition. The reasoning adopted by the Division Bench is that the State is the best judge to make an assessment of the suitability of the location of the office. Therefore, following the Division Bench judgment the writ petition is also to be dismissed and I do so ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE vi