Kerala HC judge recommends promotion of govt. pleader
Government pleaders and senior government pleaders are appointed by the government of the day at its discretion.
The judge made the recommendation recently to promote government pleader Parvathy Kottol as senior government pleader during the hearing on a petition by the wife of an educational officer and her daughter seeking to disburse Death-Cum-Retirement Gratuity (DCRG) to them. In the interim order passed on June 11, the udged observed: 'Parvathy Kottol, the government pleader, who may be designated as senior government pleader as she has completed more than 12 years of practice, and the government has not yet designated her as senior government pleader, for which the necessary decision is to be taken by the government.'
When the petition came up for hearing, the court granted the government pleader three weeks time to file an objection to the petition filed by the petitioners in the case.
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