1969 Supreme(Ker) 63
P.GOVINDAN NAIR, K.K.MATHEW, T.S.KRISHNAMOORTHY IYER
P. S. Menon – Appellant
Versus
State of Kerala – Respondent
Advocates:
In O. P. No. 2078 of 1966 :K.T. Harindranath, K. Ramakumar, N.V. Prabhakaran, K. Chandrasekharan and T. Chandrasekhara Menon, for Petitioner, Govt. Pleader, for Respondents Nos. 1 and 3; C. Sankaran Nair (Central Govt. Pleader), for Respondent No. 2; K. George Varghese, Thomas V. Jacob, P.C. Joseph, a V. Nagendran, N. Krishna Pillai and P.A. Mohammed, for Respondent No. 4; T.M. Cherian, for Respondents Nos. 6 and 7:S. Easwara Iyer and I.G. Potti, for Respondent No. 6; K.A. Gopalakrishnan and A. Chandrasekhara Menon, for Respondent No. 8. In O. P. No.2303 of 1966:V. Sivaraman Nair, V.M. Nayanar and K.C. Sankaran, for Petitioner, C. Sankaran Nair (Central Govt Pleader.) for Respondent No. 1; Govt Pleader, for Respondent No. 2; T.M. Cherian, for Respondent No. 3; C.M. Devan, for Respondent No. 4, In O. P. No. 2591 of 1966:K. Ramakumar, P. Ramaranjan, Chandrasekharan and T. Chandrasekhara Menon, for Petitioner, Govt Pleader, for Respondents Nos. 1 and 3; C. Sankaran Nair (Central Govt Pleader), for Respondent No. 2; P.K. Kesavan Nair. K.N. Narayana Pillai and M. Ravinandana Menon, for Respondents Nos. 4 and 8:S. Easwara Iyer, L.G. Potti. C.S. Raian, P. Sankarankutty Nair and E. Subramaniam, for Respondents Nos. 5 and 16; S.A. Nagendran. M.M. Cherian, N. Krishna Pillai, P.A. Mohammed and N.N.D. Pillai, for Respondent No. 6; M. Raman Menon, for Respondent No. 9; T.M. Cherian, for Respondent No. 15; A. Gopala Menon, for Respondent No. 18; C.M. Devan, for Respondent No. 21. In O.P. No. 2600 of 1966:A.P. Chandrasekharan, for Petitioner:Govt Pleader, for Respondents Nos. 1, 3 and 4; C. Sankaran Nair (Central Govt Pleader), for Respondent No. 2; P. Radhakrishnan, for Respondent No. 5; S. Easwara Iyer. L.G. Potti, C.S. Rajan, K. Subramaniam, T.L. Ananthasivan and M. Abraham, for Respondents Nos. 7, 8 and 10; S.A. Nagendran, M.M. Cherian and P.A. Mohammed, for Respondent No. 9; G. Viswanatha Iyer, for Respondent No. 11; E.M. Jacob, for Respondent No. 12; M. Raman Menon, for Respondent No. 13; K. N. Narayanan Nair. G. R. Panicker and N. Sudhakaran, for Respondent No. 14; P. K. Shamsuddin, V. M. Kurien and E. Ebrahimkutty, for Respondent No. 15. In O. P. No. 2709 of 1966:K. Chandrasekharan and T. Chandrasekhara Menon, for Petitioner, Govt. Pleader for Respondents Nos. 1, 3 and 4; C. Sankaran Nair (Central Govt Pleader), for Respondent No. 2; P.K. Kesavan Nair and K.N. Narayana Pillai, for Respondent No. 5; S. Easwara Iyer. L.G. Potti, C.S. Rajan and P. Sankarankutty Nair, for Respondent No. 6; S.A. Nagendran, N. Krishna Pillai and P.A. Mohammed, for Respondent No. 7; E.M. Jacob, for Respondent No. 8. In O. P. No. 2979 of 1966:
K. Ramakumar and P. Ramaranjan for Petitioner. C. Sankaran Nair (Central Government Pleader), for Respondent No. 1; Govt. Pleader, for Respondents Nos. 2 and 3; K. Velayudhan Nair and T.K.M. Unnithan, for Respondent No. 4; S. Easwara Iyer. L.G. Potti and C.S. Rajan and M. Abraham, for Respondents Nos. 5 and 8; E.M. Jacob, S.A. Nagendran, for Respondent No. 6; S.A. Nagendran, for Respondent No. 7; G. Viswanatha Iyer and K.M. Devadathan for Respondent No. 9. In O. P. No. 3057 of 1966:M.K. Narayana Menon, M.P. Menon. K.A. Gopala Krishnan, A. Chandrasekhara Menon and O.K. Namboodiripad, for Petitioner, C. Sankaran Nair (Central Govt. Pleader), for Respondent No. 1; Government Pleader, for Respondents Nos. 2 and 3; P.K. Kesavan Nair. K.N. Narayana Pillai and M. Ravinandana Menon, for Respondent No. 4; S. Easwara Iyer. L.G. Potti and C.S. Rajan for Respondent No. 5; S.A. Nagendran, for Respondent No. 6; E.M. Jacob, for Respondent No. 7.
Judgement
GOVINDAN NAIR. J. :- The petitioner in each of these Writ Petitions was a member of the Madras State Judicial Service on 81-10-1956 the day prior to the "appointed day" for the purposes of the States Reorganisation Act 1956 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), and they have all been allotted by orders passed by the Central Government under Sections 115 (2) and 115(3) of the Act to the Kerala State. The petitions in one form or other challenge the principles adopted in the integration of the petitioners with their compeers in the former State of Travancore-Cochin, and these petitions were heard together.
2. The Act is a law passed by Parliament under the provisions of Articles 2, 3 and 4 of the Constitution of India and inter alia contains supplemental, incidental and consequential provisions relating to the integration of the personnel who are to form the members of the services in the newly formed States. Kerala is a new Part A State comprising the territories mentioned in Section 5 of the Act; the territories of the existing State of Travancore-Cochin, excluding the territories transferred to the State of Madras by Section 4 of the Act; the territories comprised in Malab
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