2025:KER:30673 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH TUESDAY, THE 8TH DAY OF APRIL 2025 / 18TH CHAITHRA, 1947 WP(C) NO. 27828 OF 2024 PETITIONER: DR. K. RAJAN AGED 64 YEARS S/O.KRISHNAN. K., PRASANTHI, 3RD SASTRIJI NAGAR, KUNNAMKULAM P.O., THRISSUR, (RETIRED ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN ECONOMICS, MAR DIONYSIUS COLLEGE, PAZHANJI P.O., THRISSUR), PIN - 680530 BY ADVS. M.S.RADHAKRISHNAN NAIR ELIZEBATH GEORGE SATHY C.B. RESPONDENTS: 1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HIGHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN - 695001 2 THE DIRECTOR OF COLLEGIATE EDUCATION VIKAS BHAVAN, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN - 695033 3 THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COLLEGIATE EDUCATION MODEL HSS COMPOUND, PALACE ROAD, THRISSUR, PIN - 680020 2025:KER:30673 WP(C) NO.27828 of 2024 2 4 THE PRINCIPAL MAR DIONYSIUS COLLEGE, PAZHANJI, THRISSUR, PIN - 680542 SRI. TONY AUGUSTINE, GOVERNMENT PLEADER THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 08.04.2025, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: 2025:KER:30673 WP(C) NO.27828 of 2024 3 JUDGMENT Dated this the 8th day of April, 2025 The petitioner seeks to quash Exts.P3 and P4 and to direct respondents 1 to 3 to sanction and disburse surrender of Earned Leave benefits payable to the petitioner without any delay. 2. Government Pleader submitted that the petitioner was earlier placed in the Pay Scale under the 7th Pay Revision Commission. To grant the Earned Leave surrender benefits, the petitioner had to be placed in the 6th Pay Revision Commission Scales, in the portal / system. 3. The Government Pleader further submitted that the said steps have already been taken and Earned Leave surrender benefits can be paid, provided the 4th respondent submits the applicable Bills. 2025:KER:30673 WP(C) NO.27828 of 2024 4 In the circumstances, the writ petition is disposed of directing the 4th respondent to send the Leave Surrender Bills in respect of the petitioner to the 3rd respondent within a period of three weeks. The 3rd respondent shall take necessary steps to disburse the amount of leave surrender to the petitioner within a period of two months from the date of receipt of the Bills. Sd/- N.NAGARESH JUDGE hmh 2025:KER:30673 WP(C) NO.27828 of 2024 5 APPENDIX OF WP(C) 27828/2024 PETITIONER’S EXHIBITS Exhibit P1 TRUE COPY OF LETTER ISSUED BY THE 1ST RESPONDENT TO THE 2ND RESPONDENT NO. D1/60/2016/H.EDN. DATED 29.4.2016 Exhibit P2 TRUE COPY OF ORDER NO. 178/2017/H.EDN. DATED 4.7.2017 ISSUED BY THE 1ST RESPONDENT WITH TRUE LEGIBLE TYPED COPY Exhibit P3 TRUE COPY OF LETTER NO. D3/32050/2015/DCE DATED 22.7.2016 ISSUED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT Exhibit P4 TRUE COPY OF LETTER NO. CE/34058/2010/CE DATED 17.8.2010 ISSUED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT Exhibit P5 TRUE COPY OF JUDGMENT DATED 9.1.2018 IN W.P.(C) NO. 35641/2016 PASSED BY THIS HONOURABLE COURT Exhibit P6 TRUE COPY OF THE JUDGMENT DATED 23.10.2019 IN W.P. (C) NO. 28061/2019 OF THIS HONOURABLE COURT Exhibit P7 TRUE COPY OF THE JUDGMENT DATED 12.12.2019 IN W.P.(C) NO. 33911/2019 OF THIS HONOURABLE COURT RESPONDENT EXHIBITS Exhibit R3(a) TRUE COPY OF THE LETTER NO.MDCP/A1/DD/07/04/2024 DATED 04-04-2024. 2025:KER:30673 WP(C) NO.27828 of 2024 6 Exhibit R3(b) TRUE COPY OF LETTER NO.C1/1431/2024/DCEDDTSR DATED 21-08-2024.