IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
WP(C).No. 18063 of 2009(C)
1. I.DEVAKY, W/O.GANGADHARAN,
... Petitioner
Vs
1. STATE OF KERALA, REP.BY ITS
... Respondent
2. THE CHIEF ENGINEER (ADMINISTRATION)
3. ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER,
4. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER,
5. ASSISTANT ENGINEER,
For Petitioner :SRI.MANSOOR.B.H.
For Respondent : No Appearance
The Hon'ble MR. Justice P.N.RAVINDRAN
Dated :29/06/2009
O R D E R
P.N.RAVINDRAN, J.
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W.P.(C) No. 18063 of 2009 C
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Dated this the 29th day of June, 2009
JUDGMENT
Sri. B.H. Mansoor, the learned counsel appearing for the
respondents and Smt. Anu Sivaraman, the learned Government Pleader
appearing for the respondents.
2. The petitioner who is an S.L.R. worker has filed this writ petition
seeking a writ in the nature of mandamus commanding the Chief Engineer,
the second respondent herein, to consider the request made by her in Ext.P2
representation, wherein she has requested the Chief Engineer to regularize
her in service. It is brought to my notice that the petitioner will attain the
age of superannuation on 31-8-2009. The Assistant Engineer in whose
office the petitioner is working has forwarded Ext.P2 representation to the
Assistant Executive Engineer along with Ext.P3 letter and he in turn has
forwarded it to the Chief Engineer along with Ext.P4 letter dated 30-4-2009.
Ext.P3 discloses that the petitioner had 543 days of service as H.R. worker
during the period from 19-5-1983 to 1-4-1987 and that she also had 112
days of service as C.L.R. worker as on 19-5-1983. In my opinion, as the
request made by the petitioner has been forwarded by respondents 3 and 4
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to the second respondent and as the petitioner would attain the age of
superannuation on 31-8-2009, the second respondent should expeditiously
consider the request made by the petitioner in Ext.P2 representation.
I accordingly dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the
second respondent to consider Ext.P2 representation, in the light of Exts.P3
and P4 and the relevant Government orders governing the field and take a
decision thereon expeditiously and in any event within one month from the
date on which the petitioner produces a certified copy of this judgment
along with a copy of this writ petition before him. The second respondent
shall also afford the petitioner a reasonable opportunity of being heard
before passing orders as directed above. The second respondent shall after
orders are passed, communicate a copy thereof to the petitioner
expeditiously.
P.N.RAVINDRAN,
JUDGE.
mn.