2025:KER:29693 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE D. K. SINGH THURSDAY, THE 3RD DAY OF APRIL 2025 / 13TH CHAITHRA, 1947 WP(C) NO. 13517 OF 2025 PETITIONER(S): M.GOPAKUMAR AGED 55 YEARS S/O MADHAVAN PILLAI, (MECHANIC, KSRTC, NEDUMANGAD DEPOT, UNDER ORDER OF REMOVAL) RESIDING AT MADHAVEEYAM, PALLIVETTA, ARYANAD.P.O, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN – 695542. BY ADV K.P.RAJEEVAN R ESPONDENT ( S ) : 1 KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, FORT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN – 695023. 2 MANAGING DIRECTOR KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, FORT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN – 695023. 3 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (ADMINISTRATION) KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, FORT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN – 695023. 4 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (VIGILANCE) KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, FORT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN – 695023. 5 DISTRICT TRANSPORT OFFICER KSRTC, NEDUMANGAD DEPOT, NEDUMANGAD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN – 695541. 2025:KER:29693 WP(C) NO. 13517 OF 2025 2 BY ADV DEEPU THANKAN-SC MRS. VINEETHA BOSE THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 03.04.2025, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: 2025:KER:29693 WP(C) NO. 13517 OF 2025 3 D. K. SINGH, J ---------------------------------------------- WP(C) No. 13517 of 2025 ---------------------------------------------- Dated this the 03rd day of April, 2025 J U D G M E N T Mrs. Vineetha Bose, who represents Mr. Deepu Thankan, the learned counsel representing the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation, does not have any objection to the prayer made in this writ petition for the early disposal of the statutory appeal pending before the appellate authority in Ext.P3, against the punishment order of removal inflicted upon the petitioner after the domestic enquiry. In view of the above, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the 2nd respondent to consider and decide the statutory appeal in Ext.P3 expeditiously, preferably within a period of six weeks from today. With the aforesaid direction, the present writ petition is disposed of. Sd/- D. K. SINGH JUDGE mea 2025:KER:29693 WP(C) NO. 13517 OF 2025 4 APPENDIX OF WP(C) 13517/2025 PETITIONER EXHIBITS Exhibit P1 A TRUE COPY OF APPOINTMENT ORDER NO.PLC10-042072/03 DATED 6.7.04 ISSUED TO THE PETITIONER BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT Exhibit P2 A TRUE COPY OF FORWARDING LETTER NO.G2/4735/24/NDD DATED 24.10.2024 SENT BY THE ASSISTANT TRANSPORT OFFICER, KSRTC, NEDUMANGADU TO THE PETITIONER WITH COPY OF ORDER NO.A&B4/1426/2023 DATED 19.7.2024 ALONG WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION Exhibit P3 A TRUE COPY OF APPEAL PETITION DATED 20.1.2025 SUBMITTED BY THE PETITIONER BEFORE THE 2ND RESPONDENT WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION