Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Standing Counsel for the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation, apart from perusing the record. Since the issue lies in a narrow compass, this Court proposes to dispose of the writ petition at the admission stage itself. 2. Briefly stated, the petitioners are said to be Empanelled Drivers of the respondent Corporation having more than 10 years of service as on 22.12.2011. Claiming regularisation, the petitioners submitted Ext.P7 to P9 representations to the authorities. Complaining of their non disposal, the petitioners have approached this Court by filing the present writ petition.
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subject to certain conditions. It is the case of the petitioners that they fulfill all the eligibility criteria and that the respondent authorities ought to have considered their Exts.P7 to P9 representations positively.
In the facts and circumstances, having regard to the respective submissions of the learned Counsel for the petitioners and the learned Standing Counsel, this Court disposes of the writ petition with a direction to the respondent authorities to consider petitioners' Ext.P7 to P9 representations in the light of Ext.P6 Government Order and also other statutory regulations, as well as the ratio laid down in Suresh Kumar v. State of Kerala (2013 (2) KLT 258), and pass appropriate orders thereon, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate within six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. No order as to costs.
sd/- DAMA SESHADRI NAIDU, JUDGE.
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