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2026 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 8445
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
N.NAGARESH, J
ROSHINI SURESH – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA – Respondent
WP(C) NO. 1625 OF 2026
Important Points
Subject
Education Law - Salary Arrears
Headnote
For the Appellants/Petitioners: SRI.K.MOHANAKANNAN, SRI.H.PRAVEEN (KOTTARAKARA)
For the Respondents: SMT.V.A. HARITHA, GOVERNMENT PLEADER
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| 1. petitioners entitled to salary arrears. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. court directs timely release of salary arrears. (Para 3) |
JUDGMENT Dated this the 3rd day of February, 2026 The petitioners are approved Teachers working in the
5th respondent’s School with effect from 15.07.2021. Exts.P2 to P4 are the approval orders which grant approval from the date of appointment. Salary is being paid from the date of approval and the arrears are kept pending. Ext.P5 is the bill.
2. By Ext.P6, it is informed that granting of approval from the date of appointment is accepted and since auditing is pending before the Deputy Director of Education, salary cannot be paid. The reasoning is palpably wrong. Seeking for a direction to release the arrears of salary, the petitioners have filed this writ petition.
3. When this writ petition came up for hearing, Government Pleader, on instructions, submitted that the respondents have dropped the objections. In that view of the matter, the 4th respondent is compellable to release the arrears of salary due to the petitioners as evident from Ext.P5, expeditiously.
The writ petition is accordingly disposed of directing the 4th respondent to release the amount admissible to the petitioners, as expeditiously as possible and at any rate, within a period of two months.
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