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Dec 04 1992

State of Kerala Vs. Sreekantan

Court: Kerala

Decided on: Dec-04-1992

Reported in: (1993)ILLJ995Ker

Krinshnamoorthy, J.1. The question that arises for consideration in these appeals is as to whether the special recruits selected under Rule 17A of the Kerala State and Subordinate Services Rules, 1958 (hereinafter referred to as 'the K.S.S.R.') should be included in the quota reserved for direct recruits when under the Special Rules the method of appointment is both by direct recruitment and transfer/promotion.2. The facts necessary for the disposal of these appeals, in the light of the contentions raised by the Additional Advocate General on behalf of the State, are as follows: These Writ Appeals arise out of a common judgment in the writ petitions filed by the petitioners who had applied for appointment as Sales Tax Officers pursuant to a notification by the Public Service Commission published in the Kerala Gazette dated July 20, 1982. The petitioners were included in the ranked list dated October 31, 1984. Their complaint was that in spite of the prescription of the ratio 1:3 in the...


Dec 04 1992

Madhavan and anr. Vs. Raja Raja Varma

Court: Kerala

Decided on: Dec-04-1992

Reported in: II(1993)ACC65; 1993ACJ955

Varghese Kalliath, J.1. These kinds of cases are rare. Appellants before us are the mahouts of an elephant, by name Seetharaman. The animal belongs to Cochin Devaswom Board. On 29.5.1986, at about 7.30 a.m., the wife of the first plaintiff, late Rajeswari Thampuran, the mother of the other plaintiffs who was a devotee of Sri Poornathrayeesa Temple, Tripunithura, went to the temple to offer prayers. She entered the temple from the western gopuram of the temple. While returning from the temple, she saw the elephant standing on the northern side of the Deepasthambam. She asked defendant Nos. 2 and 3, appellants before us, whether she could proceed further. The mahouts made affirmative gesture and so she moved. The elephant suddenly approached her violently, knocked down and thrust its tusk in her body on the right side of her abdomen. It caused fatal and severe injuries on her. She was taken to the hospital where she succumbed to the injury.2. Admittedly, the elephant belongs to the first...


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