IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR WEDNESDAY, THE 2ND FEBRUARY 2011 / 13TH MAGHA 1932 WP(C).No. 3413 of 2011(B) ------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ----------------------- 1. PREMNATH.R, AGED 46 YEARS, S/O.K.RAMANKUTTY MENON, SELECTION GRADE LECTURER, DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, NSS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, PALAKKAD. 2. MANOSH P.M., SELECTION GRADE LECTURER, DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING, NSS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, PALAKKAD. 3. SUDHIR P., SELECTION GRADE LECTURER, DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING, NSS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, PALAKKAD. 4. KALA.L, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING, NSS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, PALAKKAD. 5. JAYALAKSHMI.B, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF INSTRUMENTATION & CONTROL ENGINEERING, NSS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, PALAKKAD. 6. SUSEELA A., SELECTION GRADE LECTURER, DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING, NSS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, PALAKKAD. 7. ASHA.T.S, SELECTION GRADE LECTURER, DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING, NSS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, PALAKKAD. BY ADVS. SRI.V.M.KRISHNAKUMAR SMT.P.R.REENA RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PRINCIPAL, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT OF KERALA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN 695001 ...2/- WP(C).No. 3413 of 2011(B) -2- 2. THE DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN 695001. 3. THE JOINT DIRECTOR, REGIONAL DIRECTORATE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION, CALICUT. 4. THE REGISTRAR, UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT, THENJIPALAM, MALAPPURAM, PIN 673 636. 5. THE PRINCIPAL, N.S.S. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, PALAKKAD, PIN 678 008. R1 TO R3 BY GOVT. PLEADER SMT. NISHA BOSE R4 BY ADV. SRI. P.C. SASIDHARAN, SC, CALICUT UNIVERSITY THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 02/02/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: Mn T.R. Ramachandran Nair, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - W.P.(C) No. 3413 of 2011-B - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated this the 2nd day of February, 2011. JUDGMENT The petitioners herein are Lecturers working in N.S.S. College of Engineering, Palakkad which is an aided college. According to the petitioners, the teachers of Government Engineering Colleges as well as aided Engineering Colleges are treated at par for all practical purposes including fixation of pay, duties, retirement age and other service conditions. The petitioners were appointed during the period from 6.3.1991 to 1.1.1992. The pay scales of Government college teachers under the AICTE Scheme has been revised by the Government as per Ext.P2. According to the petitioners, going by para 5.7 of Ext.P2, the stipulation that persons who are sought to be promoted as Professors, will have Ph.D. qualification, is exempted in the case of those who are appointed from P.S.C. select list prior to 27.3.1990. According to the petitioners, this amounts to discrimination. The cut off date is fixed without any objective also. Seeking for appropriate orders in the matter, the petitioners have approached the Government by filing Exts.P4 to P4(f) representations. It is prayed that the Government may be directed to take a decision on the said wpc 3413/2011 2 representations within a time frame. 2. I am not going into the merits of the matter. It is up to the Government to take a final decision. Therefore, there will be a direction to the first respondent to pass appropriate orders on Exts.P4 to P4(f) representations, after hearing a representative of the petitioners, within a period of four months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. The writ petition is disposed of as above. No costs. (T.R. Ramachandran Nair, Judge.) kav/