IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN FRIDAY, THE 18TH JANUARY 2008 / 28TH POUSHA 1929 OP.No. 18778 of 1999(I) ----------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ A.MOHAMMED RASHEED, TYRE INSPECTOR (S.G.), KERALA ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, ASSISTANT TRANSPORT OFFICER, KILIMANOOR DEPOT, RESIDING AT RAJI MANZIL, VELAMKONAM, ATTINGAL, CHIRAYINKEL TALUK. BY ADV. SRI.VADAKARA V.V.N.MENON RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. THE KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, FORT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR. 2. THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, FORT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE ASSISTANT TRANSPORT OFFICER, KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, KILIMANOOR. BY ADV. SRI.JAMES KOSHY.N., SC. KSRTC SHRI.JOHNSON P.JOHN, SC, KSRTC THIS ORIGINAL PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 18/01/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: O.P. NO.18778/1999/I ORDER ON CMP NO. 30779/1999 IN O.P. NO.18778/1999 DISMISSED SD/- 18.1.2008. S.SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE /TRUE COPY/ P.A. TO JUDGE JP S.SIRI JAGAN, J. ======================= O.P. No. 18778 of 1999(I) ======================= Dated this the 18th day of January, 2008 JUDGMENT The petitioner who is an employee of the KSRTC seeks promotion and consequent service benefits. Counsel for the petitioner is absent. From the affidavit accompanying the original affidavit, I find that at the time of filing of the original petition, the petitioner was 48 years of age. Therefore, by this time the petitioner must have retired from service. Therefore, this original petition is dismissed as infructuous. S.SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE jp