Kerala High Court denies appeal against stay on police association rejig
The Kerala High Court dismissed an appeal regarding the reorganization of the Kerala Police Association after the petitioner withdrew the case. The court criticized the procedural approach of bypassing the Single Bench to reach the Division Bench.
Why it matters
The ruling clarifies legal procedural standards for challenging administrative orders and internal association restructuring.
The appeal filed by the former Kerala Police Association (KPA) general secretary, G.R. Ajith, against the stay granted on the police association reorganisation order has been disposed of by the Kerala High Court, with the petitioner withdrawing from the case.
The court orally observed that Mr. Ajith had filed the appeal in the Division Bench before challenging it at the Single Bench of Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas, who had issued the stay. It remarked that approaching the Division Bench against an interim order of a Single Bench before addressing it there set a wrong precedent and that it could not be entertained.
Dismissing the case as withdrawn, the Division Bench of Justices A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and A.K. Preetha stated that the petitioner would be allowed to file an appeal against any order passed by the Single Bench after it considered his application for setting aside the stay order.
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