IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN THURSDAY, THE 13TH MARCH 2008 / 23RD PHALGUNA 1929 WP(C).No. 30295 of 2007(F) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ 1. REEJA P.V., LECTURER IN MATHEMATICS, NEHRU ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE, KANHANGAD, PADNEKAT P.O., KASARGOD DISTRICT. 2. DINESH.T, LECTURER IN MATHEMATICS, NEHRU ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE, KANHANGAD, P.O.PADNEKAT, KASARGOD DIST. BY ADV. SRI.KALEESWARAM RAJ RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL EDUCATION, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE DIRECTOR OF COLLEGIATE EDUCATION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COLLEGIATE EDUCATION, KOZHIKODE. 4. THE MANAGER, NEHRU ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE, KANHANGAD, P.O.PADNEKAT, KASARGOD DIST. 5. THE PRINCIPAL, NEHRU ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE, KANHANGAD, P.O.PADNEKAT, KASARGOD DIST. BY ADV. SRI.T.R.JAGADEESH SRI.T.SREEKANTAN GOVERNMENT PLEADER THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 13/03/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN, J. ----------------------------- W.P.C.NO.30295 OF 2007 -------------------------- Dated this the 13th day of March 2008 ------------------------------------- JUDGMENT The petitioners are lecturers in an aided college. Their appointments have been approved by the University. However, their salaries are not given on the ground that their appointments are made without the prior approval of the Government. That ground no more survives in the light of the decision in Salini vs.Manager, Christian College [2007(3)KLT 355]. Accordingly, this writ petition is allowed as prayed for. THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN, JUDGE jsr // True Copy// PA to Judge W.P.C.No. 2