LAWS(KER)-2015-8-181

ANILKUMAR Vs. MANAGING DIRECTOR, KERALA STATE CO

Decided On August 12, 2015
ANILKUMAR Appellant
V/S
Managing Director, Kerala State Co Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Facts:

(2.) Since all the petitioners, having been similarly situated, have raised a common grievance against the same set of respondents, this Court has proposed to dispose of both the writ petitions through a common judgment. Accordingly, for ease of reference and convenience, the facts as narrated and the parties as arrayed in W.P.(C) No.23166/2015 have been referred to for the purpose of elucidating the issue.

(3.) Briefly stated, the petitioners have been placed under suspension through Exhibits P1 and P2, apart from having been served with Exhibits P3 and P4 charge memos by the first respondent. Essentially assailing the orders of suspension as being ultra vires of the fourth respondent, the petitioners have filed the present writ petition. Submissions: