T.R. RAVI, J.

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W.P.(C)Nos.16878 of 2017 & 30905 of 2019 --------------------------------------------

Dated this the 8^th day of December, 2025

JUDGMENT

The above two writ petitions relate to the same issue and are being heard and disposed of together. W.P.(C)No.16878 of 2017 is treated as the main case, and parties and documents are referred to as per their status and numbering, respectively, in the said writ petition (except in the paragraphs covering the pleadings in W.P.(C)No.30905 of 2019).

2. The prayer in W.P.(C)No.16878 of 2017 is for directions to respondents 3 and 4 to approve the petitioner’s appointment from 4.6.2012 and to pay the salary and other benefits. The petitioner was appointed as a Part-Time Hindi Teacher on 01.06.2008 against the leave vacancy of Smt. Merlin Shobhana John at BEM UP School, Ponnani. The appointment was not approved, owing to objections raised by Smt. Sheema Sujayakumari, Sri Danish Raphel and Smt. Nisha Janet, three Non-Teaching Staff under the Corporate Manager. As per Ext.R10(d), the petitioner's appointment against the leave vacancy of Smt.Merlin Shobhana John was cancelled, and she was appointed to the r