IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR MONDAY, THE 7TH JUNE 2010 / 17TH JYAISTHA 1932 WP(C).No. 17156 of 2010(T) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- 1. ABU THAHIR, S/O. MAJEED, CONDUCTOR, KSRTC DEPOT, PALAKKAD, NOW RESIDING AT FAIROJ MANZIL, CHULLIMADA, KANJIKODE.P.O, PALAKKAD DISTRICT. 2. MANIKANTAN.P, S/O. U. GOVINDAN NAIR, CONDUCTOR KSRTC DEPOT, PALAKKAD NOW RESIDING AT SANTHI BHAVAN PULAKKAT HOUSE, KALLUVAZHI POST, OTTAPALAM TALUK, PALAKKAD DISTRICT. 3. E.T. MURALEEDHARAN, S/O. LATE RAMAN NAIR, CONDUCTOR, KSRTC DEPOT, PALAKKAD, NOW RESIDING AT KOVILAKATHU HOUSE, KANNAMPARIYARAM, MANKARA.P.O, PALAKKAD DISTRICT. 4. HARISH KUMAR.K.K, S/O.K.M. KESAVAN, CONDUCTOR, KSRTC DEPOT, PALAKKAD, NOW RESIDING AT KODAVANPARAMBIL, MALAPPURAM HOUSE, KOTHACHIRA POST, PALAKKAD DISTRICT. 5. M. KUNCHUMUTHU, S/O. LATE MUHAMMED CONDUCTOR, KSRTC DEPOT, PALAKKAD, NOW RESIDING AT VADAKKETHRA HOUSE, KIZHAKKENCHERRY POST, VADAKKANCHERRY VIA, PALAKKAD DISTRICT. 6. SURENDRAN.P, S/O. LATE MADHAVAN NAIR, CONDUCTOR, KSRTC DEPOT, PALAKKAD, NOW RESIDING AT PULIASSERY HOUSE, VALLIKODE.P.O, PALAKKAD DISTRICT. 7. M. SURESH, S/O. MANI, CONDUCTOR, KSRTC DEPOT, PALAKKAD, WP(C).No. 17156 of 2010(T) 2 NOW RESIDING AT PRAKASARASMI, NEAR FIRE STATION, CIVIL STATION.P.O, YAKKARA. 8. C. RAVI, S/O. CHAMY, CONDUCTOR, KSRTC DEPOT, PALAKKAD, NOW RESIDING AT KOZHIKKADU HOUSE, THIRUVAZHIYAD.P.O, NENMARA VAZHIL, PALAKKAD DISTRICT. 9. T. SANTHOSH KUMAR S/O. LATE D. THANKAPPAN NAIR, CONDUCTOR, KSRTC DEPOT, PALAKKAD NOW RESIDING AT SANTHOSH BHAVAN, KODUMPU.P.O, PALAKKAD DISTRICT. 10. M.A. SAVAD, S/O K. ABDUL GAFOOR, CONDUCTOR, KSRTC DEPOT, PALAKKAD NOW RESIDING AT MOULAVIL MANZIL, PEZHUMPARA, CHATHAMANGALAM.P.O, VIA NENMARA, PALAKKAD DISTRICT. 11. A. STEPHEN LAWRENCE, S/O. ANTONY SWAMY,CONDUCTOR, CONDUCTOR, KSRTC DEPOT, PALAKKAD NOW RESIDING AT VANI HOUSE, ERUTHENPATHI.P.O, PALAKKAD DISTRICT. 12. K. SIVADASAN, S/O. KULLAN, CONDUCTOR, KSRTC DEPOT, PALAKKAD NOW RESIDING AT PULLARODE HOUSE, ETHANUR.P.O, PALAKKAD DISTRICT. 13. D.C. RADHAKRISHNAN, S/O. CHELLAN, CONDUCTOR, KSRTC DEPOT, PALAKKAD NOW RESIDING AT DEVASWOMPARAMBU HOUSE, ODANNUR, PARAIL.P.O, PALAKKAD DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.SAJAN VARGHEESE K. SRI.LIJU. M.P RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENT OF TRNSPORT, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. WP(C).No. 17156 of 2010(T) 3 2. THE KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT COPORTATION, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, FORT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, REPRESENTED BY THE CHAIRMAN CUM MANAGING DIRECTOR. 3. THE DISTRICT TRANSPORT OFFICER, KSRTC DEPOT, PALAKKAD. 4. GIREESAN.T.A, CONDUCTOR, KSRTC DEPOT, PALAKKAD. 5. GOPALAKRISHNAN.T.S, CONDUCT, KSRTC DEPOT, PALAKKAD. GOVT.PLEADER SHRI A.J.VARGHESE FOR R1 SHRI V.V.NANDAGOPAL NAMBIAR FOR R2 & R3 THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 07/06/2010, ALONG WITH W.P.(C)Nos.17157 & 17158/10 THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR,J. ------------------------------------- W.P.(C)Nos.17156, 17157 & 17158 of 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------- DATED THIS THE 7th DAY OF JUNE, 2010 JUDGMENT The petitioners herein are employed as Conductors attached to various depots of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation. They have been recruited through Employment Exchange and are generally known as empanelled Conductors. 2. The petitioners mainly complain that the District Transport Officers, who have been arrayed as respondents herein, have published separate list with regard to the employees who are entitled for the benefit of regularisation/permanent status. It is the case of the petitioners that their names have been excluded from the said lists. Aggrieved by the same, the petitioners have filed representations before the 1st respondent through the 3rd respondent. These representations have been produced along with separate interlocutory applications in all the three Writ Petitions as Exhibits P6 and P7. 3. There will be a direction to the Managing Director of the KSRTC to consider Exhibits P6 and P7 representations in the light of the materials produced by the petitioners and available W.P.(C)No.17156/10 & con.cases -2- with the respondents with regard to the service details of the petitioners and take appropriate decision as expeditiously as possible, at any rate within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. The petitioners will produce relevant materials which they rely upon, before the Managing Director, KSRTC within a period of 10 days. The 1st petitioner in all the three Writ Petitions will be issued notice of hearing on behalf of other petitioners also on any convenient date by the Managing Director, before a decision is taken in the matter. The Writ Petitions are disposed of as above. T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JUDGE. dsn