WP(C) NO. 12616 OF 2025 1 2025:KER:27706 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE D. K. SINGH FRIDAY, THE 28TH DAY OF MARCH 2025 / 7TH CHAITHRA, 1947 WP(C) NO. 12616 OF 2025 PETITIONER: S. PRAMODKUMAR AGED 51 YEARS S/O SANKARAPILLAI, DRIVER GR.II, K.S.R.T.C., MAVELIKKARA DEPOT, ALAPPUZHA UNIT AND RESIDING AT PUTHUMANGALATH VEEDU, PELA POST OFFICE, THATTARAMBALAM, MAVELIKKARA, ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT, PIN - 690103 BY ADV N.UNNIKRISHNAN RESPONDENTS: 1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT TRANSPORT (A) DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN - 695001 2 KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION TRANSPORT BHAVAN, EAST FORT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR ., PIN - 695023 3 THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (VIGILANCE), KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, EAST FORT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN - 695023 4 THE ASSISTANT TRANSPORT OFFICER KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, MAVELIKKRA, PIN - 690103 BY ADV DEEPU THANKAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 28.03.2025, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: WP(C) NO. 12616 OF 2025 2 2025:KER:27706 JUDGMENT The present writ petition has been filed by the petitioner, who is working as a driver in the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation Limited, impugning the suspension order dated 19.02.2025 in Ext.P1. The petitioner has already filed an appeal against the said order before the Appellate Authority in Ext.P2. 2. As the appeal is pending before the Appellate Authority, this writ petition is being disposed of with direction to the Chairman Cum Managing Director of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation Limited to dispose of the pending appeal in Ext.P2 expeditiously, preferably within a period of one month, after giving an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner. With the aforesaid direction, the present writ petition stands finally disposed of. Sd/- D. K. SINGH AP JUDGE WP(C) NO. 12616 OF 2025 3 2025:KER:27706 APPENDIX OF WP(C) 12616/2025 PETITIONER EXHIBITS Exhibit P1 A TRUE COPY OF ORDER NO.VL2/41/2025-VIG-KSRTC-HQ DATED 19.02.2025 Exhibit P2 . A TRUE COPY OF APPEAL DATED 20.03.2025 SUBMITTED TO 2ND RESPONDENT