IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN TUESDAY, THE 23RD NOVEMBER 2010 / 2ND AGRAHAYANA 1932 WP(C).No. 10178 of 2006(J) -------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ---------------------- D. MAHESWARAN NAMBOODIRI, VALARAPALLY MADOM, KAVUMBHAGOM POST, THEKKETHU KAVALA, KOTTAYAM. BY ADV. SRI.B.KRISHNA MANI RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------ 1. TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, OFFICE OF THE TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE SECRETARY, TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, OFFICE OF THE TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.C.VIJAYAN, SC, TDB SRI.D.SREEKUMAR, SC, TDB R1 & R2 BY SRI.P.G.PARAMESWARA PANICKER, SENIOR ADVOCATE SRI.P.GOPAL THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 23/11/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: WP(C) NO. 10178/2006 APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: P1 COPY OF THE MEMO DATED 19/5/2005. P2 COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION DATED 18/2/2006 FILED BY THE PETITIONER BEFORE THE 2ND RESPONDENT. RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS: R1(A) COPY OF THE ORDER NO.RO C 142/05/SANTHI DATED 8/5/2006 ISSUED BY THE DEVASWOM COMMISSIONER OF TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD. /TRUE COPY/ P.A.TO.JUDGE sts S. SIRI JAGAN, J. ----------------------------------- W.P.(C) No.10178 OF 2006 --------------------------------------- Dated this the 23rd day of November, 2010 JUDGMENT The petitioner was ranked as rank No.131 in the rank list published for the post of Santhi in the Travancore Devaswom Board. According to the petitioner, appointments have been given upto rank No.150, despite which the petitioner has not been given appointment. A counter affidavit has been filed by the respondents along with which Ext.R1(a) copy of appointment order has been produced, whereby the petitioner has been given appointment subject to the decision in W.P.(C) No.18158/2005. This is recorded and the writ petition is closed. S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE acd