IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.S.DIAS TUESDAY, THE 25^TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2025 / 6TH PHALGUNA, 1946 WP(C) NO. 5191 OF 2025 PETITIONER/S:

DR. MOHAMMED. A AGED 48 YEARS S/O. MOIDEENKUTTYRESIDING AT AREEKATTU HOUSE, KURUPATH, KONDOTTY, MALAPPURAM, PIN - 673638 BY ADV CHERIAN MATHEW POOTHICOTE RESPONDENT/S:

1 STATION HOUSE OFFICER KONDOTTY POST, MALAPPURAM DT, KERALA, PIN - 673638

2 DISTRICT POLICE CHIEF DPO RD, UP HILL, MALAPPURAM, KERALA, PIN - 676505 GP SMT.VIDYA KURIAKOSE THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 25.02.2025, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:

C.S.DIAS, J.

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WP(C) No.5191 OF 2025 -----------------------------------------

Dated this the 25^th day of February, 2025

JUDGMENT

The writ petition is filed to direct the 1^st respondent to issue a Police Clearance Certificate (in short, 'PCC') in favour of the petitioner to get appointed as a Manager of a School. The petitioner is an accused in Crime No.30/2021 of the Kondotty Police Station, Malappuram, which is now pending trial as CC No.433/2021 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Malappuram. Due