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2026 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 4139

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
M.A.ABDUL HAKHIM, J
SUDHEER RAM S – Appellant
Versus
SRI. BIJU PRABHAKAR – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Shri.Kaleeswaram Raj, Thulasi K. Raj, Smt.Chinnu Maria Antony, Smt.Aparna Narayan Menon
For the Respondents: Shri.Deepu Thankan

Table of Content
1. petitioners claim entitlement to higher pay (Para 1 , 2)
2. previous court rulings and compliance issues (Para 3 , 4 , 5 , 6)
3. contempt case limited to compliance review (Para 8 , 10 , 12)
4. legal arguments regarding order compliance (Para 9 , 11)
5. dismissal of the contempt case; liberty for further action (Para 13)

JUDGMENT

Cont.Case(C) No. 1627 of 2025

Dated this the 27th day of January, 2026

1. This Contempt Case is filed by Petitioner Nos.1 to 7, 10, 11 and 13 to 19 in W.P.(C) No.11021 of 2016, which was disposed of by this Court as per Annexure I judgment dated 11.08.2022.

2. W.P.(C) No.11021 of 2016 was filed by the Petitioners who are Superintendents in KSRTC, challenging Ext.P28 therein, rejecting their request for stepping up of their Pay Scale on par with that of the 3rd Respondent therein, who is also working as a Superintendent and junior to them. The contention of the petitioners was that the 3rd respondent in the Writ Petition happened to draw Higher Scale of Pay than the Petitioners as the Petitioners were promoted directly from the post of Upper Division Clerk (Selection Grade) ['UDC (SG)', for short] to the post of Superintendents for want of qualifi

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