{"id":125632,"date":"2010-11-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-02T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dr-preethi-james-vs-the-secretary-to-government-on-3-november-2010"},"modified":"2016-02-09T06:27:25","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T00:57:25","slug":"dr-preethi-james-vs-the-secretary-to-government-on-3-november-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dr-preethi-james-vs-the-secretary-to-government-on-3-november-2010","title":{"rendered":"Dr.Preethi James vs The Secretary To Government on 3 November, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Dr.Preethi James vs The Secretary To Government on 3 November, 2010<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 33364 of 2010(U)\n\n\n1. DR.PREETHI JAMES, AGED 37 YEARS,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.VIJU THOMAS\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice S.SIRI JAGAN\n\n Dated :03\/11\/2010\n\n O R D E R\n                             S.SIRI JAGAN, J.\n\n                      ==================\n\n                       W.P.(C).No.33364 of 2010\n\n                      ==================\n\n               Dated this the 3rd day of November, 2010\n\n                             J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>      The petitioner is presently working as a RCH officer at the office<\/p>\n<p>of the District Medical Officer, Pathanamthitta. She seeks a transfer<\/p>\n<p>either to Thiruvananthapuram or Kollam. Seeking this relief, she has<\/p>\n<p>filed Exts.P4 and P6 representations before the 1st respondent. The<\/p>\n<p>petitioner seeks a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and pass<\/p>\n<p>orders on Exts.P4 and P6 expeditiously.\n<\/p>\n<p>      Having heard the learned Government Pleader also, I dispose of<\/p>\n<p>this writ petition with a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and<\/p>\n<p>pass orders on Exts.P4 and P6, as expeditiously as possible, at any<\/p>\n<p>rate, within two months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of<\/p>\n<p>this judgment.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                        Sd\/-\n<\/p>\n<pre>sdk+                                               S.SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE\n\n          \/\/\/True copy\/\/\/\n\n\n\n\n                               P.A. to Judge\n\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Dr.Preethi James vs The Secretary To Government on 3 November, 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 33364 of 2010(U) 1. DR.PREETHI JAMES, AGED 37 YEARS, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. 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THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES, For Petitioner :SRI.VIJU THOMAS For Respondent : [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-kerala-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dr.Preethi James vs The Secretary To Government on 3 November, 2010 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dr-preethi-james-vs-the-secretary-to-government-on-3-november-2010\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dr.Preethi James vs The Secretary To Government on 3 November, 2010 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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