KERALA HIGH COURT
A. Hariprasad, J
Smt. J. Alphonsa – Appellant
Versus
Smt. R. Ajithakumari – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. seniority dispute among teachers. (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. background on appointments and seniority. (Para 4 , 5 , 6 , 9) |
| 3. subsequent developments on approvals. (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14) |
| 4. arguments presented by petitioners. (Para 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19) |
| 5. government's basis for decisions. (Para 20 , 21 , 22) |
| 6. interpretation of rules on seniority. (Para 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35) |
| 7. final orders and conclusions. (Para 46 , 48 , 49) |
1. These writ petitions are filed by the respective petitioners who are teachers of a Vocational Higher Secondary School (Victory VHSS, Olathanni, Neyyattinkara P.O.). WP (C) Nos. 31102/2010 and 21571/2011 are filed by Smt. J. Alphonsa and Smt. O. N. Judy and WP (C) No. 32508/2011 is filed by the first petitioner in these two writ petitions, viz. Smt. J. Alphonsa. WP (C) No. 37103/2010 is filed by Smt. R. Ajithakumari who is a common respondent in all the other writ petitions and WP (C) No. 236/2012 is filed by Smt. C. Swarnamma and Smt. S. Sheeba.
2. The dispute between these parties and other contesting respondents in the writ petitions, is one of seniority. Essentially, the question is whether, on reduction of the post consequent on staff
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