IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
WP(C).No. 21776 of 2008(P)
1. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR ,AGED 62 YEARS,
... Petitioner
Vs
1. THE CHAIRMAN,
... Respondent
2. THE SECRETARY
3. SOSAMMA JACOB, W/O.SONI.K.THOMAS
For Petitioner :SRI.ESM.KABEER
For Respondent :SRI.P.P.THAJUDEEN, SC, K.S.E.B
The Hon'ble MR. Justice P.N.RAVINDRAN
Dated :23/10/2008
O R D E R
P.N.RAVINDRAN, J.
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W.P.(C)No.21776 of 2008
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Dated this the 23rd day of October 2008
JUDGMENT
The petitioner is an Electrical Contractor. In respect of the
alleged illegal acts committed by the third respondent, while she
was working as Assistant Executive Engineer in the Electrical Sub
Division, Gandhi Nagar, Kottayam which falls under Pallam
Electrical Division, the petitioner had filed Ext.P1 complaint in the
Court of the Special Judge (Vigilance) Thrissur. The petitioner
submits that the said complaint is pending investigation and that
notwithstanding the said fact, steps are being taken to transfer
and post the third respondent who is an Executive Engineer, in
the Pallam Electrical Division, which is the controlling office of
Electrical Sub Division, Gandhi Nagar, Kottayam where she was
formerly working as Assistant Executive Engineer. In this writ
petition, the petitioner prays for a writ in the nature of mandamus
commanding respondents 1 and 2 not to transfer and post the
third respondent as Executive Engineer, Electrical Division, Pallam
till the disposal of the complaint filed by him in the Court of the
Special Judge (Vigilance), Thrissur.
W.P.(C)21776/2008 2
When the writ petition came up for hearing today,
Sri.K.S.Anil, the learned standing counsel appearing for the Kerala
State Electricity Board submitted that there is no proposal at
present to transfer and post the third respondent as Executive
Engineer in Pallam Electrical Division. The said submission should
dispel any apprehension which the petitioner entertains as
regards the transfer and posting of the third respondent to Pallam
Electrical Division. The writ petition is accordingly closed,
reserving liberty with the petitioner to bring to the notice of the
competent authority among the respondents that Ext.P1
complaint filed by him in the Court of the Special Judge
(Vigilance) Thrissur against the third respondent is pending
investigation and that till such time as the Court of the Special
Judge (Vigilance) Thrissur disposes of the complaint, the third
respondent should not be given a posting in Pallam Electrical
Division.
P.N.RAVINDRAN, JUDGE
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