IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
WP(C).No. 13640 of 2010(D)
1. S.SURESH, JUNIOR PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR
... Petitioner
Vs
1. DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES,
... Respondent
2. DISTRICT MEDICAL OFFICER (HEALTH),
3. STATE OF KERALA,
4. JOY, JUNIOR PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR
5. HARIDAS, JUNIOR PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR
6. M.K.NAZAR, JUNIOR PUBLIC HEALTH
For Petitioner :SRI.R.ARUN RAJ
For Respondent : No Appearance
The Hon'ble MR. Justice P.N.RAVINDRAN
Dated :23/04/2010
O R D E R
P.N.RAVINDRAN, J.
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W.P.(C) No. 13640 of 2010
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Dated this the 23rd day of April, 2010.
J U D G M E N T
The petitioner is working as Junior Public Health Inspector, Grade-II
in the Primary Health Centre at Thottappally in Alappuzha District. He
had submitted Ext.P2 application dated 18.1.2010 to the District Medical
Officer (Health) Alappuzha requesting for a transfer to PP unit in Medical
College, Women and Child Hospital, Alappuzha, General Hospital,
Alappuzha and Primary Health Centre Purakkad. The District Medical
Officer had, considering the request made by the petitioner and other
employees issued Ext.P3 draft transfer order proposing to transfer the
petitioner to General Hospital, Alappuzha. The District Medical Officer
had also proposed to transfer the fourth respondent to Primary Health
Centre at Thottappally in Alappuzha District wherein the petitioner is
working. Since the proposal in Ext.P3 was to transfer the petitioner to
General Hospital, Alappuzha, one of the stations to which he had sought
transfer he did not object to Ext.P3. The District Medical Officer thereafter
passed Ext.P4 transfer order dated 12.4.2010 transferring the fourth
respondent to General Hospital Alappuzha and the sixth respondent to
Women and Child Hospital, Alappuzha. The petitioner was not given a
transfer. Aggrieved thereby the petitioner has filed Ext.P5 representation
before the District Medical Officer, Alappuzha. In this writ petition, the
petitioner inter alia seeks a direction to the second respondent to consider
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Ext.P5 and take a decision thereon within a time limit to be fixed by this
Court.
2. I heard Sri. R.Arun Raj, the learned counsel appearing for the
petitioner and Sri. Aravind Kumar Babu T.K., learned Government Pleader
appearing for the official respondents. The learned Government Pleader
submitted that if till date the second respondent has not taken a decision
on Ext.P5 representation submitted by the petitioner, the said officer will
consider the same and pass appropriate orders thereon expeditiously.
In the light of the aforesaid submission, I dispose of this writ petition
with a direction to the second respondent to consider the request made by
the petitioner in Ext.P5 representation and take an appropriate decision
thereon expeditiously and in any event within one month from the date on
which the petitioner produces certified copy of this judgment before him.
P.N.RAVINDRAN
(Judge)
vps
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