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2026 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 17866

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
HARISANKAR V. MENON, J
SALINI S.RAVI – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners:SHRI.KALEESWARAM RAJ, THULASI K. RAJ, SMT.APARNA NARAYAN MENON, SMT.CHINNU MARIA ANTONY, SRI.T.T.MUHAMOOD, SRI.K.JAJU BABU (SR.), SMT.M.U.VIJAYALAKSHMI, SRI.BRIJESH MOHAN, SRI.DINESH MATHEW J.MURICKEN, SRI.V.A.MUHAMMED| For the Respondents: GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.T.T.MUHAMOOD, SRI.V.A.MUHAMMED, SRI.V.RAJASEKHARAN NAIR, SRI.NAZEER HUZAIN.H, SRI.GOKUL R.NAIR, SMT.NIKHILA.P, SMT.RIYA MERIN BENCYKUTTY, SRI.VINOD S. PILLAI, SRI.MOHAMMED THAYIB N.M., SMT.NAYANA VARGHESE, SRI.JERRY PETER, SMT.RIA VARGHESE

Table of Content
1. dispute regarding appointments of educational staff. (Para 1 , 2 , 3)
2. various petitions regarding educational appointments and their contest. (Para 4 , 5 , 6)
3. challenge against the claims must be timely to be accepted. (Para 10 , 11)
4. court recognizes the appointment validity amidst administrative directives. (Para 12 , 13 , 14)

JUDGMENT

[WP(C) Nos.39470/2023, 20773/2022, 29116/2019, 35146/2023, 33639/2019]

These writ petitions are concerning a complicated issue of appointment to the post of UPSA as well as HSA in the School managed by the 5th respondent in W.P.(C) No.29116 of 2019. For ease of reference, the parties are referred to by their names in this judgment.

2. Smt. Sangeetha S., the petitioner in W.P.(C) No.29116 of 2019, was appointed as a Lower Grade Hindi Teacher in one of the schools under the management of the Corporate Manager, TD Schools, Thuravoor/Alappuzha, Alappuzha district, with effect from 25.07.2016 onwards. It is not in dispute that the appointment as above was not approved. Still later, the Manager sought to appoint Smt. Sangeetha S. as a UPSA w.e.f. 11.12.2017 as against the vacancy which arose from 01.12.2017 - a retirement vacancy. Her

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