High Court of KeralaDivision BenchOriginal petitions dismissed; no costs.
Jebi George K. & C.K. Santhosh v. State of Kerala & Others
Case / Petition Number:OP(KAT) Nos.108/2016 & 13/2017
Case Details & Bench
- Court
- High Court of Kerala
- Hon'ble Judges
- V. Chitambaresh
- A. M. Babu
- Judgment Date
- 2019-03-15
- Court Decision / Holding
- The original petitions are dismissed. No costs.
- Final Disposition
- Original petitions dismissed; no costs.
Parties to the Case
Appellants / Petitioners
- Sivan T.U.
- Jagesh Kumar V.V.
- Alphose T.
Respondents
- P.K. Suresh Babu
- K.K. Jayan
- K. Sudhi
- O.V. Sreenivasan
- T.P. Bhaskaran
- M.P. Avarachan
- Ramesh M
- Sabir Rahman
- Hani T.R
- Hydross Pottengal
- State of Kerala
- The Director, Directorate of Animal Husbandry
- Kerala Public Service Commission
- Suresh Kumar P.R
- Chandrasenan
- Madhusoodanan
- Ratheesan Arimmal
- K.J. Cleatus
- Jibi George K
- Santhosh C.K
- Dharmarajan B
- Ramesh R
- Padmakumar K.P
- R16 (Impleaded)
Legal Representation & Advocates
Counsels for Petitioners
- • SRI K. JAJU Babu (Sr.)
- • SRI BRIJESH MOHAN
- • SMT. ELIZABETH ANTONY
- • DR. K.P. SATHEESAN (Sr.)
- • Smt. NIMMY JOHNSON
- • SRI DEEPU THANKAN
Counsels for Respondents
- • SRI K.P. SATHEESAN (SR.)
- • SRI K.SUDHINKUMAR
- • SRI P.MOHANDAS (ERNAKULAM)
- • SRI S.VIBHEESHANAN
- • SRI T. RAJASEKHARAN NAIR (Sr. Govt. Pleader)
- • SRI P.C.SASIDHARAN (SC)
- • SRI RAMACHANDRAN
- • SRI K.C.SANTHOSH
- • SRI B.MOHANLAL
- • SRI MOHANAN V.T.K.
- • SRI N.RAGHURAJ
Case Synopsis & Summary
This is a Kerala High Court Division Bench judgment concerning two OP(KAT) petitions (Nos. 108/2016 and 13/2017) challenging orders of the Kerala Administrative Tribunal (R.A.24/2015 in TA 2150/2012 and R.A.26/2016 in TA 2150/2012). The petitioners, Jebi George K. and C.K. Santhosh, allege irregularities in seniority and appointment processes for Livestock Inspector Grade II arising from PSC notification of 11 June 1991 and subsequent ranked lists created in 1995 and 1998, which omitted 10% vacancies for defence personnel categories. The addendum notification dated 13 February 1996 confined recruitment to those omitted categories, with a later integrated seniority list proposed by the Government. The Kerala Administrative Tribunal had held that seniority of those advised from the 6 November 1995 list could not be tinkered with, and challenged the integrated seniority proposal. The Kerala High Court, invoking Rule 27(c) of Part II of the Kerala State & Subordinate Services Rules, 1958, held that seniority must be determined by the date of first effective advice, and found the 6 November 1995 advice to be effective. It distinguished V.A. Raman v. K.V. John (1998) 9 SCC 442 but upheld that the 1995 advice cannot be overridden by the 1998/2000 lists. The original petitions were dismissed with no costs. The decision preserves the earlier seniority framework and upholds the Tribunal’s approach to seniority in this recruitment context.
Provisions of Law Cited
Rule 27(c) of Part II of the Kerala State & Subordinate Services Rules, 1958Section 22(3)(F) of the Administrative Tribunal Act, 1985
Submissions & Arguments
Contentions of Appellants / Petitioners
The applicants argued that seniority must be fixed by the date of first effective advice and that the 6 November 1995 list’s seniority should not be displaced by the later 1998/2000 integrated seniority. They contended that the PSC’s advisories and the 5 June 1998 list were improperly sequenced, and that the Tribunal was justified inProtecting the 1995 seniority, which was already in operation, rather than imposing a new integrated seniority that would prejudice those advised earlier.
Contentions of Respondents
The respondents argued that seniority must be determined by the date of first effective advice under Rule 27(c), and that the government’s move to publish an integrated seniority list was permissible. They asserted that the 6 November 1995 list was superseded by the 1998 list in the process of recruitment and that the combined seniority would be intimated later; they contended that the Tribunal’s direction to integrate seniority reflected the statutory framework and PSC practices.
Cited Precedents (5)
| Case Name | Citation | Treatment | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| V.A. Raman v. K.V. John and others | 1998 (9) SCC 442 | Distinguished | The court noted that the decision in V.A. Raman v. K.V. John is distinguishable because, unlike in that case where the PSC letter stated the advice was provisional, here the advice from 6 November 1995 was treated as effective and cannot be overridden by later lists. |
| W.A. No. 1856/1996 | W.A.No.1856/1996 | Mentioned Only | Exhibit referencing this Division Bench judgment is included in the Appendix; not central to the Court’s reasoning for dismissing the petitions. |
| O.P. No. 20981/1998 | O.P.No.20981/1998 | Mentioned Only | Cited in Appendix as part of prior judgments; not a controlling authority in the present decision. |
| W.A. No. 1584/2000 | W.A.No.1584/2000 | Mentioned Only | Cited in Appendix; used as background authority rather than direct precedent for the core reasoning. |
| W.P.C. No. 3351/2009 | W.P.C.No.3351/2009 | Mentioned Only | Exhibited as background precedent; not expressly relied upon in the core holding. |
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# **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
**THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE V.CHITAMBARESH**
**&**
**THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A.M.BABU**
**FRIDAY,THE 15TH DAY OF MARCH 2019 / 24TH PHALGUNA, 1940**
**OP(KAT).No. 108 of 2016**
**AGAINST THE ANNEXURE A14 ORDER DATED 23.9.2015 IN R.A.NO.24/2015 AND ANNEXURE A15 FINAL ORDER DATED 26.2.2016 OF THE KERALA ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL, PRINCIPAL BENCH, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM**
## **PETITIONERS/RESPONDENT NOS.22 & 23:**
|**1**|**JEBI GEORGE K.,**|
|---|---|
||**PRESENTLY WORKING AS LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR,**|
||**VETERINARY SUB CENTRE, SOUTH AMBALLUR P.P.,**|
||**KANJIRAMATTOM (VIA), ERNAKULAM DISTRICT.**|
|**2**|**C.K.SANTHOSH,**|
||**PRESENTLY WORKING AS LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR,**|
||**VETERINARY SUB CENTRE, ERUMALAPPADY,ERAMALLUR P.O.,**|
||**KOTHAMANGALAM,ERNAKULAM - 686 691.**|
**BY ADVS. SRI.K.JAJU BABU (SR.) SRI.BRIJESH MOHAN SMT.ELIZABETH ANTONY**
**RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTA 1 TO 9/REVIEW PETITIONER AND R11, R21 & R24 TO R26:**
|**1**|**P.K.SURESH BABU,**|
|---|---|
||**LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR, ICDP SUB CENTRE, RAMAVARMAPURAM,**|
||**THRISSUR, KERALA - 680 631.**|
|**2**|**K.K.JAYAN,**|
||**LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR, ICDP SUB CENTRE,VALLAKKADAVU,**|
||**VANDIPERIYAR P.O.,KERALA - 689 933.**|
|**3**|**K.SUDHI,**|
||**ASSISTANT FIELD OFFICER, ICDP SUB CENTRE,POONATH,**|
||**POONATH P.O., NADUVANNUR VIA,KOZHIKODE - 673 614,**|
||**KARALA.**|
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- **4 O.V.SREENIVASAN,**
- **LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR, GRADE -I, VETINARY DISPENSARY, PARASSINIKKADAVU,KANNUR UNIVERSITY CAMPUS P.O., DHARMASALA, KANNUR DISTRICT, KERALA.**
- **5 T.P.BHASKARAN, ASSISTANT FIELD OFFICER, ICDP SUB CENTRE, KUNDUVAMPADAM P.O 678 633, KERALA.**
- **6 M.P.AVARACHAN, LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR, GRADE 1,ICDP SUB CENTRE, VETTIMOODU,KAKKOOR P.O., MUVATTUPUZHA VIA, KERALA.**
- **7 RAMESH M, ASSISTANT FIELD OFFICER, ICDP SUB CENTRE, THRIKKAIPETTA, P.O, MEEPPADI VIA, WAYAND DT - 673 577, KERALA.**
- **8 SABIR RAHMAN, LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR, GRADE I,ICDP SUB CENTRE, PALOORKAVU, IDUKKI DT, KERALA.**
- **9 HANI T.R, LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR, GRADE I,ICDP SUB CENTRE, EZHIKKARA, NANTHIATTUKUNNAM P.O., NORTH PARAVUR, ERNAKULAM DT, KERALA.**
- **10 HYDROSS POTTENGAL, ASSISTANT FIELD OFFICER, VETINARY DISPENSARY, THOZHANNUR CHENNEKKAL, RANDATHANI P.O., MALAPPURAM DT, KERALA.**
**11 STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, KERALA GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, KERALA.**
- **12 THE DIRECTOR, DIRECTORATE OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, VIKAS BHAVAN, THIRUANANTHAPURAM, KERALA.**
- **13 THE KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, PATTOM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM REPRSENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, KERALA.**
- **14 MR.SIVAN T.U, THARAYIL HOUSE, BEHIND OFFICERS CLUB, THIRUTHIYAD, PUTHIYARA P.O.,KOZHIKODE, KERALA.**
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- **15 SURESH KUMAR P.R, LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR, VELLIPARAMBA, KOZHIKODE DT, KERALA.**
- **16 JAGESH KUMAR V.V, LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR, ICDP SUB CENTRE,CHELIYA, KOZHIKODE DT, KERALA.**
- **17 ALPHONSE T, LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR, RINDER PEST CHECK POST, KUMILY, IDUKKI DT, KERALA.**
- **18 CHANDRASENAN, LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR, RINDER PEST CHECK POST, KUMILY, IDUKKI DT, KERALA.**
- **19 MADHU SOODANAN, ICDP SUB CENTRE, MUZHAKODU, KASARGODU, KERALA.**
**20 RATHEESAN ARIMMAL, ICDP SUB CENTRE, MUNDERIMUTTA P.O.,MUNDERIKAVU (ADDL R5 TO R10 ARE IMPLEADED AS PER ORDER DATED 01.7.09 IN IA 7865/09) KERALA.**
**21 K.J.CLEATUS, AGED 40 YEARS, S/O. K.J.JOSE,KOORAN HOUSE, GANDHI GRAM, IRINJALAKUDA, NOW WORKING AS LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR GR II,KDPS SUB CENTRE, PADIYYOOR,THRISSUR (ADDL R11 IS IMPLEADED AS PER ORDER DATED 05.7.2010 IN IA 8799/10, KERALA.**
**22 DHARMAJAN B, S/O. BHASKARAN, AGED 45 YEARS,LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR, GRADE I,ICDP SUB CENTRE, WEST KALLADA P.O., SASTHAMCOTTAH, KOLLAM - 690 521, RESIDING AT ANADA BHAVAN, ANAKOTTOOR P.O., EZHUKONE VIA,KOLLAM, KERALA - 691 505.**
- **23 RAMESH R,**
**S/O. LATE N.RMAKRISHNAN, AGED 46 YEARS, LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR, GRADE I, ICDP SUB CENTRE,MANACADU, KUMMIL P.O., KOLLAM DIST 691 536,RESIDING AT AYATHIL PUTHEN VEEDU, NEAR ST.GEORGE ST., PATTAZHY P.O., KOTTARAKKARA VIA, KOLLAM, KERALA - 691 522.**
- **24 PADMAKUMAR K.P,**
**S/O. LATE R.PRABHAKARAN PILLAI, AGED 49 YEARS, LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR, GRADE I, ICDP SUB CENTRE, KOTTIYAM - 691 571, RESIDING AT KADAPPAL KADAPPAKKADA P.O., KOLLAM - 691 008, ADDL. R14 TO**
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**R16 ARE IMPLEADED AS PER ORDER DATED 20.3.2013 IN MA 668/13.**
**BY ADVS. R2, R10 & R23 BYDR.K.P.SATHEESAN (SR.) SRI.P.MOHANDAS (ERNAKULAM) SRI.S.VIBHEESHANAN SRI.K.SUDHINKUMAR R11 & R12 BY SRI.T.RAJASEKHARAN NAIR, SENIOR GOVT. PLEADER R13 BY SRI.P.C.SASIDHARAN, SC, KPSC R14, R15, R16 & R17 BY SRI.DEEPU THANKAN SMT.NIMMY JOHNSON R21 BY SMT.P.R.REENA R24 BY SRI.B.MOHANLAL**
**THIS OP (KAT) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 14.03.2019, ALONG WITH OP(KAT).13/2017, THE COURT ON 15.03.2019 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## **IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM**
## **PRESENT**
**THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE V.CHITAMBARESH**
## **&**
**THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A.M.BABU**
**FRIDAY,THE 15TH DAY OF MARCH 2019 / 24TH PHALGUNA, 1940**
## **OP(KAT).No. 13 of 2017**
**AGAINST THE ORDER DATED 26-02-2016 IN T.A.NO.2150/2012 OF KERALA ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM**
## **PETITIONERS/RESPONDENTS 4, 6 AND 7:**
- **1 SIVAN T.U. RESIDING AT THARAYIL HOUSE, BEHIND OFFICERS CLUB, THIRUTHIYAD, PUTHIYARA P.O., KOZHIKODE, KERALA, (LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR, ICDP SUB CENTRE, EDAKKAD, KOZHIKODE DISTRICT).**
- **2 JAGESH KUMAR V.V. LIVESTOCK INSEPCTOR, ICDP CENTRE, CHELIYA, KOZHIKODE DISTRICT.**
- **3 ALPHONSE T. LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR, RINDER PEST CHECK POST, KUMALY, IDUKKI DISTRICT.**
**BY ADVS. SRI.DEEPU THANKAN SMT.NIMMY JOHNSON**
## **RESPONDENTS/APPLICANTS AND RESPONDENTS 1 TO 3, 5 & 8 TO 16:**
- **1 P.K.SURESH BABU, LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR, ICDP SUB CENTRE, RAMAVARMAPURAM,THRISSUR DISTRICT-680631.**
- **2 K.K.JAYAN, LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR, ICDP SUB CENTRE, VALLAKADAVU, VANDIPERIYAR P.O.-689933.**
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- **3 K.SUDHI, ASSISTANT FIELD OFFICER, ICDP SUB CENTRE, POONATH, POONATH P.O., NADUVANNUR VIA, KOZHIKODE DISTRICT-673614.**
**4 O.V.SREENIVASAN, LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR GRADE-I, VETERINARY DISPENSARY, PARASSINIKKADAVU, KANNUR UNIVERSITY CAMPUS P.O., DHARMASALA, KANNUR DISTRICT-670567.**
- **5 T.P.BHASKARAN,**
**ASSISTANT FIELD OFFICER, ICDP SUB CENTRE, KUNDUVAMPADAM P.O.-678633.**
- **6 M.P.AVARACHAN, LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR GRADE-I, ICDP SUB CENTRE, VETTIMOODU,KAKKOOR P.O., MUVATTUPUZHA VIA-686662.**
- **7 RAMESH M., ASSISTANT FIELD OFFICER, ICDP SUB CENTRE, THRIKKAIPETTA,THRIKKAIPETTA P.O., MEPPADI(VIA), WAYANAD DISTRICT - 673577.**
- **8 SABIR RAHMAN, LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR GRADE-I, ICDP SUB CENTRE, PALOORKAVU, IDUKKI DISTRICT-685532.**
- **9 HANI T.R., LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR GRADE-I, ICDP SUB CENTREEZHIKKARA,NANTHIATTUKUNNAM P.O., NORTH PARAVUR, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT-683513.**
- **10 HYDROSS POTTENGAL, ASSISTANT FIELD OFFICER, VETERINARY DISPENSARY, THOZHANNUR-CHENNEKKAL, RANDATHANI P.O., MALAPPURAM DISTRICT-676510.**
- **11 STATE OF KERALA REP. BY ITS SECRETARY, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695001.**
- **12 THE DIRECTOR, DIRECTORATE OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY DEPARTMENT, VIKAS BHAVAN, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695001, KERALA.**
- **13 KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, PATTOM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY-695004.**
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- **14 SURESH KUMAR P.R.**
- **LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR, ICDP SUB CENTRE, VELLIPARAMBA, KOZHIKODE DISTRICT-673008.**
- **15 CHANDRASENAN, LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR, RINDER POST CHECK POST, KUMILY,IDUKKI DISTRICT-685509.**
- **16 MADHUSOODANAN, ICDP SUB CENTRE, MUZHAKODE, KASARAGODU DISTRICT-671313.**
- **17 RATHEESAN ARIMMAL, ICDP SUB CENTRE, MUNDERIMUTTA, P.O. MUNDERIKAVU-670591.**
- **18 K.J.CLEATUS, S/O.K.J.JOSE, KOORAN HOUSE, GANDHIGRAM, IRINJALAKUDA NOW WORKING AS LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR GRADE II, KDPS SUB CENTRE, PADIYYOOR, THRISSUR-680688.**
- **19 JIBI GEORGE K. LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR GRADE II, ICDP SUB CENTER, THIRUVANIYOOR, ERNAKULAM-682308.**
- **20 SANTHOSH C.K. LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR GRADE II, ICDP SUB CENTER, VANDAMATTOM, METHALA P.O., ERNAKULAM DISTRICT-683545.**
- **21 DHARMARAJAN B.**
**LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR GRADE I, ICDP SUB CENTRE, WEST KALLADA P.O., SASTHAMCOTTAH, KOLLAM-690521, RESIDING AT ANANDHA BHAVAN, ANAKOTTOOR P.O., EZHUKONE VIA, KOLLAM-691505.**
- **22 RAMESH R.,**
**LATE N.RAMAKRISHNAN, LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR GRADE I, ICDP SUB CENTRE, MANACADU, KUMALI P.O., KOLLAM DISTRICT-691536, RESIDING AT AYATHILPUTHANVEEDU, NEAR ST.GEORGE STREET, PATTAZHI P.O., KOTTARAKARA VIA, KOLLAM-691522.**
## **23 PADMAKUMAR K.P.**
## **S/O.R.PRABHAKARAN PILLAI,**
**LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR GRADE I, ICDP SUB CENTRE, KOTTIYAM-691571, RESIDING AT KADAPPAL, KADDAPPAKKADA P.O., KOLLAM-691008.**
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**BY ADVS.**
**R3, R9 & R10 BY DR.K.P.SATHEESAN (SR.) SRI.K.SUDHINKUMAR SRI.P.MOHANDAS (ERNAKULAM) SRI.S.VIBHEESHANAN SRI.MUHAMMED IBRAHIM ABDUL SAMAD R11 & R12 BY SRI.T.RAJASEKHARAN NAIR, SR.GOVT.PLEADER R13 BY SRI.P.C.SASIDHARAN R14 BY SRI.P.RAMACHANDRAN SRI.K.C.SANTHOSH R18 BY SMT.P.R.REENA R19 & R20 BY SRI.K.JAJU BABU (SR.) SRI.BRIJESH MOHAN KUM.NEETU VINOD R23 BY SRI.B.MOHANLAL R15 BY SRI.MOHANAN V.T.K. R16 BY SRI.N.RAGHURAJ**
**THIS OP(KAT) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 14.03.2019, ALONG WITH OP(KAT).108/2016, THE COURT ON 15.03.2019 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:**
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## Judgment
## Chitambaresh, J.
- 1.Applications were invited for appointment to the post of Livestock Inspector Grade II by notification dated 11.6.1991 of the Kerala Public Service Commission ('PSC' for short) which contained an omission. 10% of the vacancies earmarked for defence personnel - more particularly described below - as per the Special Rules were omitted to be included in the notification:
- i. Ex-service personnel;
- ii. Wife and children of Ex-service personnel; iii. Wife and children of serving Jawans; and
- iv. Dependant brothers and sisters of Ex-service personnel and serving Jawans.
The omission was noticed at the time of publication of the ranked list on 6.11.1995 by the PSC wherein the results of 10% of the total number of candidates were withheld obviously to accommodate the defence personnel.
- 2.The PSC published an addendum notification dated
- 13.2.1996 confining the recruitment to the four omitted
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categories of defence personnel and a ranked list was consequently published on 5.6.1998. The addendum notification clarified that the expiry of the ranked list of the omitted categories will synchronize with the expiry of the earlier ranked list which is 5.11.1998. But it so happened that the ranked list dated 6.11.1995 was being operated upon and candidates advised even before the second ranked list dated 5.6.1998 was published. The Government on the request of the PSC granted permission to publish an integrated seniority list which was challenged before the Kerala Administrative Tribunal. The Tribunal has set aside the direction of the PSC and has held that the seniority of those who were advised from the ranked list dated 6.11.1995 cannot be tinkered with. The order of the Tribunal has been challenged by those who have been advised by the PSC for appointment pursuant to the ranked list dated 5.6.1998 published later.
- 3.We cannot gloss over Rule 27(c) of Part II of the Kerala State
- & Subordinate Services Rules, 1958 which is categoric that
the seniority shall be determined by the date of first effective
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advice made for appointment. We cannot say that the advice of the candidates from the ranked list dated 6.11.1995 was not 'effective' merely because the ranked list dated 5.11.1998 was in succession. The mere fact that the advice memos contained an inscription that 'the combined seniority will be intimated later' does not make the advice by the PSC not effective. This makes the decision in V.A.Raman v. K.V.John and others [(1998) 9 SCC 442] distinguishable wherein the letter of the PSC explicitly stated that 'the advice is only provisional'. Nothing precluded the petitioners from challenging the notification dated 11.6.1991 or the ranked list dated 6.11.1995 soon after it was published when the said omission was noticed. It will be unjust to adversely affect the seniority of those advised from the ranked list date 6.11.1995 when the same was merrily operated upon by the PSC and the State. The ranked list dated 6.11.1995 was not held up or frozen during the processing of the second ranked list dated 5.6.1998 and the earlier advisees are not in any way responsible. The Tribunal was perfectly justified in interfering with the purported move to publish an integrated seniority list by the order impugned and the same does not
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call for any interference.
The original petitions are dismissed. No costs.
Sd/V. CHITAMBARESH, JUDGE
Sd/A.M. BABU, JUDGE
**Sha/140319**
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## **APPENDIX OF OP(KAT) 108/2016**
## **PETITIONERS'ANNEXURES & EXHIBITS:**
**ANNEXURE A1 TRUE COPY OF THE TRANSFER APPLICATION NO.2150 OF 2012 FILED BY THE PETITIONER ALONG WITH THE EXHIBITS ON THE FILES OF THE HONOURABLE KERALA ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL.**
**EXHIBIT P1 TRUE COPY OF THE RELEVANT PORTION OF THE NOTIFICATION DATED 11.6.1991 ISSUED BY THE 13TH RESPONDENT HEREIN.**
**EXHIBIT P2 TRUE COPY OF THE RELEVANT PORTION OF THE NOTIFICATION DATED 13.2.1996 ISSUED BY THE 13TH RESPONDENT HEREIN.**
**EXHIBIT P3 TRUE COPY OF THE COPY OF LETTER NO. 36801/AHE1/07/AD DATED 18.6.2008 ISSUED BY THE 11TH RESPONDENT HEREIN.**
- **EXHIBIT P4 TRUE COPY OF THE PROVISIONAL SENIORITY LIST OF LIVESTOCK INSPECTORS.**
- **EXHIBIT P5 TRUE COPY OF THE FINAL SENIORITY LIST OF LIVESTOCK INSPECTORS AS ON 1.1.1998.**
- **EXHIBIT P6 TRUE COPY OF THE LETTER DR.I(1)2996/96/G.S DATED 15.09.2008 ISSUED BY THE 13TH RESPONDENT HEREIN.**
- **EXHIBIT P7 TRUE COPY OF THE GO(MS) NO. 63/2009/AD DATED 21.3.2009.**
- **ANNEXURE A2 TRUE COPY OF THE I.A.NO.10249 OF 2011 IN W.P.(C)NO.15703 OF 2009 FILED BY THE PETITIONERS HEREIN.**
**ANNEXURE A3 TRUE COPY OF THE COUNTER AFFIDAVIT FILED BY THE PETITIONERS HEREIN IN W.P.(C)NO.15703 OF 2009.**
- **EXHIBIT R12(A) TRUE COPY OF THE JUDGMENT DATED 11.4.1997 IN W.A NO. 1856/1996.**
- **EXHIBIT R12(B) TRUE COPY OF THE JUDGMENT DATED 23.6.1999 IN O.P. NO. 20981/98.**
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|**EXHIBIT**|**R12(C)**|**TRUE COPY OF THE JUDGMENT DATED 12.10.2001**|
|---|---|---|
|||**IN W.A. NO. 1584/2000.**|
|**EXHIBIT**|**R12(D)**|**TRUE COPY OF THE JUDGMENT DATED 02.2.2009 IN**|
|||**WPC NO. 3351/2009.**|
|**EXHIBIT**|**P12(E)**|**TRUE COPY OF THE CIRCULAR NO. J1-22435/06**|
|||**DATED 25.9.2010 OF THE 12TH RESPONDENT**|
|||**HEREIN.**|
|**ANNEXURE**|**A4**|**TRUE COPY OF THE COUNTER AFFIDAVIT FILED BY**|
|||**THE 11TH RESPONDENT HEREIN.**|
|**ANNEXURE**|**A5**|**TRUE COPY OF THE COUNTER AFFIDAVIT FILED BY**|
|||**THE 13TH RESPONDENT HEREIN.**|
|**ANNEXURE**|**A6**|**TRUE COPY OF THE I.A.NO.17272 OF 2011 IN**|
|||**W.P.(C)NO.15703 OF 2009 FILED BY THE**|
|||**PETITIONERS HEREIN.**|
|**EXHIBIT**|**R12(F)**|**TRUE COPY OF THE AFFIDAVIT DATED 20.6.2011**|
|||**FILED BY THE 12TH RESPONDENT HEREIN IN CONT**|
|||**CASE (C) NO. 532/2011.**|
|**ANNEXURE**|**A7**|**TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 24.7.2013 IN**|
|||**T.A.NO.2150 OF 2012 OF THE HONOURABLE**|
|||**TRIBUNAL.**|
|**ANNEXURE**|**A8**|**TRUE COPY OF THE SENIORITY LIST ISSUED BY**|
|||**THE 12TH RESPONDENT.**|
|**ANNEXURE**|**A9**|**TRUE COPY OF THE G.O.(RT)NO.1067/2014/AD**|
|||**DATED 23.6.2014 ISSUED BY THE 11TH**|
|||**RESPONDENT.**|
|**ANNEXURE**|**A10**|**TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 26.9.2014 IN**|
|||**T.A.NO.2150 OF 2012 RENDERED BY THE**|
|||**HONOURABLE TRIBUNAL.**|
|**ANNEXURE**|**A11**|**TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 29.12.2014 IN**|
|||**O.A.NO.1594 OF 2014 OF THE HONOURABLE**|
|||**TRIBUNAL.**|
|**ANNEXURE**|**A12**|**TRUE COPY OF THE JUDGMENT DATED 30.6.2015 IN**|
|||**OP(KAT) NO.100 OF 2015 OF THIS HONOURABLE**|
|||**COURT.**|
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|**ANNEXURE A13**|**TRUE COPY OF THE REVIEW APPLICATION NO.9 OF**|
|---|---|
||**2015 IN T.A.NO.2150 OF 2012.**|
|**ANNEXURE RA1**|**TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 26.9.2014 IN**|
||**T.A.NO.2150/2012.**|
|**ANNEXURE RA2**|**TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 29.12.2014 IN**|
||**O.A.NO.1594/2014.**|
|**ANNEXURE RA3**|**TRUE COPY OF THE G.O.(RT)NO.1067/2014/AD**|
||**DATED 23.6.2014.**|
|**ANNEXURE RA4**|**TRUE COPY OF THE PROCEEDINGS DATED**|
||**21.10.2013.**|
|**ANNEXURE RA4(A)**|**TRUE COPY OF THE RELEVANT PART OF THE**|
||**REVISED SENIORITY LIST PUBLISHED AS PER**|
||**PROCEEDINGS DATED 21.10.2013.**|
|**ANNEXURE A14**|**TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 23.9.2015 IN**|
||**R.A.NO.24 OF 2015 IN T.A.NO.2150 OF 2012 OF**|
||**THE HONOURABLE TRIBUNAL.**|
|**ANNEXURE A15**|**TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 26.2.2016 IN**|
||**T.A.NO.2150 OF 2012 OF THE HONOURABLE KERALA**|
||**ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL.**|
|**ANNEXURE A16**|**TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER NO.K4/22221/2013/ESTT**|
||**DATED 12.5.2016 ISSUED BY THE 12TH**|
||**RESPONDENT.**|
|**ANNEXURE A17**|**TRUE COPY OF THE ERRATUM ORDER ISSUED ON**|
||**17.5.2016 BY THE 12TH RESPONDENT HEREIN.**|
|**ANNEXURE A18**|**TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER NO.K4/22221/2013/ESTT**|
||**DATED 27.5.2016 ISSUED BY THE 12TH**|
||**RESPONDENT.**|
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## **APPENDIX OF OP(KAT) 13/2017**
**PETITIONERS' ANNEXURES:**
|**ANNEXURE-A**|**TRUE COPY OF THE JUDGMENT OF THE DIVISION BENCH**|
|---|---|
||**OF THIS HON'BLE COURT IN W.A.NO.1856/1996 DATED**|
||**11.4.1997.**|
|**ANNEXURE-B**|**TRUE COPY OF THE JUDGMENT OF THIS HON'BLE COURT**|
||**IN O.P.NO.20981/1998 DATED 23.6.1999.**|
|**ANNEXURE-C**|**TRUE COPY OF THE LETTER OF THE PSC DATED**|
||**15.9.2008 ADDRESSED TO THE 11TH RESPONDENT.**|
|**ANNEXURE-D**|**TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER OF THE 1ST RESPONDENT**|
||**DATED 21.3.2009.**|
|**ANNEXURE-E**|**TRUE COPY OF THE MEMORANDUM OF THE WRIT PETITION**|
||**NO.15703/2009 ALONG WITH THE AFFIDAVIT FILED**|
||**BEFORE THIS HON'BLE COURT.**|
|**ANNEXURE-F**|**TRUE COPY OF THE COUNTER AFFIDAVIT FILED BY THE**|
||**ADDITIONAL RESPONDENTS.**|
|**ANNEXURE-G**|**TRUE COPY OF THE COUNTER AFFIDAVIT FILED BY THE**|
||**PETITIONERS AND SIMILAR IMPLEADED PERSONS (ADDL.**|
||**RESPONDENTS 12 AND 13)**|
|**ANNEXURE-H**|**TRUE COPY OF THE COUNTER AFFIDAVIT FILED BY THE**|
||**1ST RESPONDENT HEREIN IN WRIT PETITION**|
||**NO.15703/2009.**|
|**ANNEXURE-I**|**TRUE COPY OF THE COUNTER AFFIDAVIT FILED BY THE**|
||**3RD RESPONDENT.**|
|**ANNEXURE-J**|**TRUE COPY OF THE INTERIM ORDER DATED 24.7.2013**|
||**IN I.A.NO.16908/2011 IN T.A.NO.2150/2012 OF THE**|
||**KERALA ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL.**|
|**ANNEXURE-K**|**TRUE COPY OF THE SENIORITY LIST ISSUED BY THE**|
||**2ND RESPONDENT DATED 21.10.2013.**|
|**ANNEXURE-L**|**TRUE COPY OF THE G.O.(RT)NO.1067/2014/AD DATED**|
||**23.6.2014 ISSUED BY THE 1ST RESPONDENT.**|
|**ANNEXURE-M**|**TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 26.9.2014 IN**|
||**T.A.NO.2150/2012 RENDERED BY THE KERALA**|
||**ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL.**|
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|**ANNEXURE-N**|**TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 29.12.2014 IN**|
|---|---|
||**O.A.NO.1594/2014 OF THE KERALA ADMINISTRATIVE**|
||**TRIBUNAL.**|
|**ANNEXURE-O**|**TRUE COPY OF THE JUDGMENT DATED 30.6.2015 IN**|
||**OP(KAT) 100/2015 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT.**|
|**ANNEXURE-P**|**TRUE COPY OF THE MEMORANDUM OF REVIEW**|
||**APPLICATION FILED UNDER SECTION 22(3)(F) OF THE**|
||**ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 1985**|
||**R.A.NO.9/2015 IN O.A.NO.1594/2014.**|
|**ANNEXURE-Q**|**TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 23.9.2015 IN**|
||**R.A.NO.24/2015 IN T.A.NO.2150/2012 OF THE**|
||**HON'BLE TRIBUNAL.**|
|**ANNEXURE-R**|**TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 26.2.2016 IN**|
||**T.A.NO.2150/2012 OF THE HON'BLE TRIBUNAL.**|