IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN WEDNESDAY, THE 8TH APRIL 2009 / 18TH CHAITHRA 1931 WP(C).No. 11958 of 2009(L) ---------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ------------------------ 1. DR.C. VISWANATHAN, RETIRED PRINCIPAL, S.N. COLLEGE, ALATHUR, RESIDING AT 'THAPASYA', S.L. PURAM.P.O, CHERTHALA, ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT. 2. DR.P.G. PRADEEP KUMAR, RETIRED PRINCIPAL, S.N. COLLEGE, CHERTHALA, RESIDING AT `DEEPTHI, MAYITHARA.P.O, CHERTHALA, ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT. BY ADV. MR.ELVIN PETER P.J. RESPONDENT(S): --------------------------- 1. THE UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, NEW DELHI. 2. UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG, NEW DELHI - 110 002. 3. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, HIGHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 4. THE DIRECTOR OF COLLEGIATE EDUCATION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 5. THE MANAGER, SREE NARAYANA COLLEGES,KOLLAM. R1 BY MR.P.PARAMESWARAN NAIR,ASST.SOLICITOR GENERAL R2 BY ADV. MR. S.KRISHNAMOORTHY, SC, UGC R3 BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER MR. T.T.MUHAMOOD THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 08/04/2009 ALONG WITH WPC.NO.12146 OF 2009 AND WPC.NO. 12174 OF 2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: Kss P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. ------------------------------------- W.P.(C).Nos.11958, 12146 & 12174 of 2009 -------------------------------------- Dated 8th April, 2009 JUDGMENT Heard Sri.Elvin Peter P.J. and Sri.J.Omprakash, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners, Sri.P.Parameswaran Nair, the learned Assistant Solicitor General of India appearing for the Union of India, Sri.S.Krishnamoorthy, the learned Standing Counsel appearing for the University Grants Commission and Sri.T.T.Muhamood, the learned Government Pleader appearing for the State of Kerala. 2. The petitioners are Selection Grade Lecturers working in various aided colleges in the State of Kerala. Their grievance is that though they have been placed in the Selection Grade with effect from various dates after 1.1.1996, their request for fixation of pay at Rs.14,940/= in the scale of pay of Rs.12000-420-18300 has not so far been granted. The learned counsel appearing on either side agree that a Division Bench of this Court has by Ext.P8 judgment delivered on 21.1.2009 in W.A.No.1394 of 2008 and connected cases held that those Lecturers who were placed in the Selection Grade after 1.1.1996 will be entitled to draw salary at the stage of Rs.14,940/= in the scale of pay of Rs.12000-420-18300 on completion of five years in the Selection Grade. In view of Ext.P8 judgment, the petitioners submit that they are not WP(C).No.11958,12146 & 12174/2009 2 pursuing the other reliefs prayed for in these writ petitions and that they will be satisfied if a direction similar to the one issued by this Court in Ext.P8 judgment is issued in these cases also. In view of Ext.P8 judgment, I dispose of these writ petitions with a direction that those among the petitioners who were Lecturers as on 1.1.1996 and who were subsequently placed in the Selection Grade after 1.1.1996 will be entitled to have their pay fixed at Rs.14,940/= in the scale of pay of Rs.12000-420-18300 on completion of five years service as Selection Grade Lecturers. The competent authority among the respondents shall disburse the consequential benefits to the petitioners within a period of four months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this judgment. Respondents 1 and 2 shall make available to the State Government their share of contribution if it has not so far been made available, within two months from the date of receipt of a request in that regard from the State Government. The writ petitions are disposed of as above. P.N.RAVINDRAN Judge TKS