IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR THURSDAY, THE 27TH MAY 2010 / 6TH JYAISHTA 1932 WP(C).No. 13135 of 2010(N) -------------------------- PETITIONER: --------------- 1. JOSE M.JACOB, CONDUCTOR (1604), KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, KATTAKKADA. 2. K.S.JAYACHANDRAN, CONDUCTOR (1330), K.S.R.T.C., KATTAKKADA. 3. PRATHEEP KUMAR.P., CONDUCTOR (1814), K.S.R.T.C., KATTAKKADA. 4. S.VINOD, CONDUCTOR (1047), K.S.R.T.C., NEYYATTINKARA. 5. K.JOSE, CONDUCTOR (1105), K.S.R.T.C., KATTAKKADA. 6. D.MOHANKUMAR, CONDUCTOR (1008), K.S.R.T.C., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM CENTRAL. 7. PRADEEP D.NAIR, CONDUCTOR (1161), K.S.R.T.C., VENJARAMOODU. 8. B.BHAVIJAYA SUKUMAR, CONDUCTOR (1089), K.S.R.T.C., PAPPANAMCODE. 9. P.FRANCIS, CONDUCTOR (1312), K.S.R.T.C., VITHURA. 10. S.INDUCHOODAN,CONDUCTOR (1228), K.S.R.T.C., PAPPNAMCODE. 11. V.SURENDRANATH, CONDUCTOR (1024), K.S.R.T.C., VITHURA. 12. B.ASOKAKUMAR, CONDUCTOR (1646), K.S.R.T.C., PALOD. WP(C).No. 13135 of 2010(N) 2 13. V.SIVAKUMAR, CONDUCTOR (1194), K.S.R.T.C., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM CENTRAL. 14. A.JAYAKUMAR, CONDUCTOR (1325), K.S.R.T.C., PAPPANAMCODE. 15. PADMAKUMAR.G., CONDUCTOR (986), K.S.R.T.C., CHIEF OFFICE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 16. KUMAR K.S., CONDUCTOR (1645), K.S.R.T.C., PAPPANAMCODE. 17. S.ALEXANDER, CONDUCTOR (1294), K.S.R.T.C., PATHANAMTHITTA. 18. SREE VIJAYAKUMARAN NAIR.S., CONDUCTOR (1000), K.S.R.T.C., PEROORKADA. 19. SURESH, CONDUCTOR, KSRTC, PEROORKKADA, TRIVANDRUM -3. 20. M.S.AJITH KUMAR, CONDUCTOR, POOVAR. 21. VENUKUMAR.E., CONDUCTOR (1255), K.S.R.T.C., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM CITY. 22. S.N.AJITHKUMAR, CONDUCTOR (1149), K.S.R.T.C., PAPPANAMCODE. 23. S.AJITHKUMAR, CONDUCTOR (1296),K.S.R.T.C., PAPPANAMCODE. 24. DILEEP KUMAR A.S., CONDUCTOR (1539), K.S.R.T.C., PAPPANAMCODE. 25. D.VIJAYAKUMAR, CONDUCTOR (1053), K.S.R.T.C., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM CENTRAL. 26. A.HALEELAL REHMAN, CONDUCTOR (1054), K.S.R.T.C., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM CENTRAL. 27. M.HARIKUMAR, CONDUCTOR (1347), K.S.R.T.C., KATTAKKADA. 28. R.SURESHKUMAR, CONDUCTOR (1313), K.S.R.T.C., ATTINGAL. 29. S.SURESH KUMAR, CONDUCTOR (1267), K.S.R.T.C., KANIAMPURAM. WP(C).No. 13135 of 2010(N) 3 30. S.BYJU, CONDUCTOR (1064), K.S.R.T.C., ATTINGAL. 31. K.RAJASEKHARAN, CONDUCTOR (1310), K.S.R.T.C., ATTINGAL. 32. RAJESH BABU.B., CONDUCTOR (1185), K.S.R.T.C., ATTINGAL. 33. JAYALAL.B., CONDUCTOR (1102), K.S.R.T.C., ATTINGAL. 34. R.GOPAKUMAR, CONDUCTOR (1230), K.S.R.T.C., ATTINGAL. 35. V.GOPINATHAN PILLAI, CONDUCTOR (1447), K.S.R.T.C., ATTINGAL. 36. B.S.RAJAMOHAN, CONDUCTOR (1203), K.S.R.T.C., ATTINGAL. 37. R.RADHAKRISHNAN, CONDUCTOR (1205), K.S.R.T.C., ATTINGAL. 38. A.SALIM, CONDUCTOR, K.S.R.T.C., ATTINGAL. 39. I.NASSIM, CONDUCTOR (1126), K.S.R.T.C., ATTINGAL. 40. N.ANIL KUMAR, CONDUCTOR (1300), K.S.R.T.C., ATTINGAL. 41. K.V.JAYAPRAKASH, CONDUCTOR (1309), K.S.R.T.C., KANIAMPURAM. 42. S.J.SAJAYAKUMAR, CONDUCTOR (1016), K.S.R.T.C., PALODE. 43. S.RADHAKRISHNAN, CONDUCTOR (1032), K.S.R.T.C., NEDUMANGAD. 44. S.SUSEELAN, CONDUCTOR (1475), K.S.R.T.C., NEYYATTINKARA. 45. N.SREEKUMAR, CONDUCTOR (1188), K.S.R.T.C., NEYYATTINKARA. 46. T.BALACHANDRAN, CONDUCTOR (1442), K.S.R.T.C., NEYYATTINKARA. WP(C).No. 13135 of 2010(N) 4 47. BABY THOMAS, CONDUCTOR (1798), K.S.R.T.C., KATTAKKADA. 48. B.JALESHKUMAR, CONDUCTOR (1229), K.S.R.T.C., CHIEF OFFICE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 49. A.MUHAMMED SHEREEF, CONDUCTOR,(1369), K.S.R.T.C., KATTAKKADA. 50. BALAJI, CONDUCTOR (1344), K.S.R.T.C., PAPPANAMCODE. 51. B.SIVANANDAN, CONDUCTOR (1391), K.S.R.T.C., PAPPANAMCODE. 52. K.JYOTHIKUMAR, CONDUCTOR (1595), K.S.R.T.C., KATTAKKADA. 53. S.KOMALAN, CONDUCTOR (1208), K.S.R.T.C., CHIEF OFFICE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 54. N.SIVASANKARA PILLAI, CONDUCTOR (1662), K.S.R.T.C., PAPPANAMCODE. 55. M.PARAMESWARA PRASAD, CONDUCTOR (1184), K.S.R.T.C., PALAKKAD. BY ADV. SRI.M.V.BOSE SRI.VINOD MADHAVAN RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, FORT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE DISTRICT TRANSPORT OFFICER, K.S.R.T.C., NEYYATTINKARA DEPOT., NEYYATTINKARA. 3. THE DISTRICT TRANSPORT OFFICER, K.S.R.T.C., PAPPANAMCODE DEPOT., PAPPANAMCODE. 4. THE DISTRICT TRANSPORT OFFICER, K.S.R.T.C., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DEPOT., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 5. THE DISTRICT TRANSPORT OFFICER, K.S.R.T.C., KATTAKKADA DEPOT, KATTAKKADA. WP(C).No. 13135 of 2010(N) 5 6. THE DISTRICT TRANSPORT OFFICER, K.S.R.T.C., ATTINGAL DEPOT., ATTINGAL. 7. THE DISTRICT TRANSPORT OFFICER, K.S.R.T.C., PALOD DEPOT, PALODE. 8. THE DISTRICT TRANSPORT OFFICER, K.S.R.T.C., KANIAMPURAM DEPOT, KANIAMPURAM. 9. THE DISTRICT TRANSPORT OFFICER, K.S.R.T.C., VENJARAMOODU DEPOT., VENJARAMOODU. 10. C.ASOK KUMAR, CONDUCTOR (831), K.S.R.T.C., PAPPANAMCODE. 11. ANTONY JOSE.M., CONDUCTOR (828), K.S.R.T.C., KATTAKKADA. 12. SHAJI LAWRANCE, CONDUCTOR (792), KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, KATTAKKADA. 13. S.SURESH (841), CONDUCTOR, K.S.R.T.C., PAPPANAMCODE. 14. GODWIN D SIDNOY, CONDUCTOR, K.S.R.T.C., KATTAKKADA. BY ADV.SHRI V.V.NANDAGOPAL NAMBIAR, (SC, KSRTC) THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27/05/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR,J. ------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No.13135 of 2010 --------------------------------- Dated this the 27th day of May, 2010 JUDGMENT The petitioners are working as Conductors in the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation in various Depots. It is averred in the Writ Petition that they are all persons included in the list published by the Kerala Public Service Commission for appointment to the post of Reserve Conductors in the KSRTC. For a long time, nobody was appointed from the list and they were allowed to work on daily wages. Finally, on 15.4.1996, the petitioners were advised for appointment. The main prayer in the Writ Petition is to call for the records which led to Exhibit P6 gradation list and quash the same so far as it assigns seniority above the petitioners to those appointees who have been appointed subsequent to the appointment of petitioners under the dying-in-harness Schemes by the issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari or any other appropriate writ, direction or order. 2. The petitioners have filed a detailed representation as per Exhibit P7 before the Corporation. It is prayed that the same W.P.(C)No.13135/10 -2- may be considered in accordance with law and a decision may be taken within a time frame. 3. Heard the learned Standing Counsel for the Corporation. There will be a direction to the 1st respondent to take a decision on Exhibit P7, particularly in the light of the decision of the Full Bench of this Court in District Transport Officer v. S.Kunchan( 2009(3) KLT 954), after hearing the petitioners and any other affected parties within a period of five months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. The Writ Petition is disposed of as above. T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JUDGE. dsn