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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
ANIL K. NARENDRAN, VIJU ABRAHAM, G. GIRISH, JJ.
Valsala Milka B. (Died) W/o. Chandramohan – Appellant
Versus
State Of Kerala – Respondent
ORDER :
Anil K. Narendran, J
This intra-court reference arises out of the order of reference dated 07.07.2022 of a Division Bench of this Court in W.A.No.139 of 2022 filed by the original appellant-writ petitioner, invoking the provisions under Section 5(i) of the Kerala High Court Act, 1958, against the judgment dated 14.12.2021 of the learned Single Judge in W.P.(C)No.857 of 2019. During the pendency of the writ appeal, the original appellant died and her legal representatives are impleaded as supplemental appellants 2 to 4 by the order dated 27.11.2024.
2. The writ petition, i.e., W.P.(C)No.857 of 2019, was one filed by the original appellant, who retired from service on 31.03.2011 while working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics, the Christian College, Kattakada, a college affiliated with the University of Kerala. The writ petition was filed, invoking the extraordinary jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking a writ of certiorari to quash Ext.P6 communication dated 12.02.2018 of the 2nd respondent Director of Collegiate Education; a writ of mandamus commanding the respondents to disburse the Death-Cum-Retirement Gratuit
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