KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Friday directed the St.Albert’s College management to soon reinstate Sebastian K. Antony, the ousted senior lecturer in Malayalam. A Division Bench, comprising Justice V Ramkumar and Justice K Harilal, passed the order while considering an appeal filed by Sebastian challenging an order of the M G University Appellate Tribunal. The tribunal had confirmed the management’s order dated January 1, 2009 dismissing the lecturer from service. The petitioner has been working at St.Albert’s College with 24 years of continuous service.Counsel for the petitioner, Advocate N Nandakumara Menon, submitted that Antony was suspended from service on February,2008 on certain cooked up allegations framed against him by the management. The petitioner was charged by the management for tampering with the attendance register of the Malayalam Department, erasing the leave column and signing across seven different dates in June, July, November and December, 2007.The petitioner contended that the dismissal order passed by the management was totally vindictive. The court pointed out that the counter-affidavit filed by the MG University stated that Antony was a genius. The management had failed to prove the petitioner’s absence. So the petitioner should be re-instated to service with the complete back wages and attendance benefits, the court said.
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