IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL K. NARENDRAN &

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MURALEE KRISHNA S.

MONDAY, THE 1 ST DAY OF DECEMBER 2025 / 10TH AGRAHAYANA, 1947 OP(KAT) NO. 36 OF 2025 AGAINST THE ORDER DATED 18.09.2019 IN OA NO.1728 OF 2019 OF KERALA ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM PETITIONER/APPLICANT:

MUHAMMED HASHIM.S, S/O SHAMSUDEEN SAL SABEER, AGED 63 YEARS VIP PARAMUTTOM, NEDUMANGAD P.O. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN - 695541 BY ADVS.SRI.M.R.SARIN SRI.P.SANTHOSHKUMAR (KARUMKULAM)

SMT.PARVATHI KRISHNA SHRI.KARUNA SANKAR RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS:

1 STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY TO GOVT. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN - 695001

2 THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PANCHAYATHS, CIVIL STATION, KUDAPPANAKUNNU P O, THIRUVANATHAPURAM, PIN - 695043 SRI. B. UNNIKRISHNA KAIMAL, SR. GP THIS OP KERALA ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 01.12.2025, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:

JUDGMENT

Anil K. Narendran, J.

The petitioner is the applicant in O.A.No.1728 of 2019 on the file of the Kerala Administrative Tribunal at Thiruvananthapuram, which was one filed invoking the provisions