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2026 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 11766

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
N. NAGARESH, J
I K SHAJI – Appellant
Versus
THE MAINTENANCE TRIBUNAL APPELLATE AUTHORITY & DISTRICT COLLECTOR, KOZHIKODE – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: SRI.SHARAN SHAHIER, SMT.RHEA SHERRY, SMT.SNEHA JOY
For the Respondents: SRI.T.K.AJITH KUMAR, SMT.AISWARYA RAMESAN, SMT.REMYA VARMA N.K, SMT.V.A.HARITHA, GOVERNMENT PLEADER

J U D G M E N T

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The petitioner in W.P.(C) No.42949/2024 and the review petitioner in R.P. No.1157/2025 is a person who entered Government service under Dying-in-harness Scheme after the death of his wife, who was a Staff Nurse at the Government Medical College, Kozhikode.

2. Respondents 3 and 4 are the father-in-law and mother-in-law of the petitioner. Respondents 3 and 4 filed a petition before the Maintenance Tribunal. The Maintenance Tribunal directed the petitioner to pay an amount of ₹7,000/-

per month to respondents 3 and 4 towards maintenance, as per Ext.P2 order dated 21.06.2023. In W.P.(C) No.42949/2024, the petitioner challenged the said Ext.P2 order and also Ext.P4 order passed in the execution proceedings.

3. While W.P.(C) No.42949/2024 was pending, the 3rd respondent in W.P.(C) No.42949/2024 filed W.P.(C) No.24233/2025 seeking to direct the District Collector to pass orders on his representation for receiving monthly maintenance. The said writ petition was disposed of by this Court as per judgment dated 10.07.2025, wherein the 1st respondent-District Collector was directed to consider the representation filed by the petitioner (the 3rd respondent in W.P

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