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2026 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 17362

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
N.NAGARESH, J
MAMATHA P. – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: SMT.A.K.PREETHA, SMT.DEVIKA MOHAN, SMT.RESHMA R.KRISHNAN
For the Respondents: SR. GP SRI. PREMCHAND .R. NAIR

Table of Content
1. legitimate expectation for appointment approval. (Para 1 , 2)
2. court's directive for reconsideration based on prior rulings. (Para 3 , 4)
3. final judgment for approval process aligned with appointment dates. (Para 5 , 6)

JUDGMENT

Dated this the 5th day of March, 2026 The petitioners, who are working as Higher Secondary School Teachers (Junior), have filed this writ petition seeking for a direction to the 4th respondent to approve the appointment of the petitioners from the actual date of appointment as in Exts.P2, P2(a) and P2(b) appointment orders and to set aside Ext.P3 to the extent the appointment of the 1st petitioner was approved only with effect from 31.08.2013 and that of petitioners 2 and 3 were approved only with effect from 29.08.2013. The petitioners submit that the legal issue involved in the writ petition is covered in their favour as per the judgment of this Court in W.P.(C).No.4296 of 2026.

2. The Government Pleader entered appearance and resisted the writ petition. The Government Pleader submitted that the case of the petitioners cannot be compared with the case of the petitioners in W.P.(C).No.4296 of 2026. There are factual differences. However,

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